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…at the Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA) that coincided with three exhibitions of work beyond the mainstream cannon: quilts from Gee’s Bend, a retrospective of cardboard constructions, books and drawings…
Read More…bend from Folk Art is the National Portrait Gallery with lots of great old American master portraits and a wonderful contemporary exhibit of works by Kehinde Wiley and others in…
Read More…ask if Hughes has been to the Gee’s Bend exhibit at the Art Museum. She hasn’t but she’s looking forward to it. Celestine Wilson Hughes, Women of the Universe, Do…
Read More…and a community that is visible across a wide river, Gee’s Bend. The small community of Gee’s Bend bears the name of a former plantation, and is populated by sharecropper…
Read MoreSelf-taught artists take over prime real estate at the Philadelphia Museum of Art this month. The Gee’s Bend quilters and the mute artist James Castle broke all kinds of art…
Read MoreRuth Kennedy Blocks and Stripes (2003) corduroy, 86 x 75in, the Tinwood Alliance The Evolution of Quilting and/in Museums Gee’s Bend is a small and isolated African American community in…
Read More…one of a number of quilts in these colors that utilized leftover fabric from needlework the women in the town did for Sears Roebuck. Gees Bend Quilters Ten Gees Bend…
Read More…Musson, cartoon drawing from his website Jayson Musson’s Juvinilia @ The Bean Cafe small exhibition of drawings 615 South Street. Wednesday September 10 9 pm-11 pm Thursday, Sept. 11 Gee’s…
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