Gee's Bend Quilts and Beyond:Louisiana Bendolph, Mary Lee Bendolph, Thornton Dial & Lonnie Holley
In the Bartlett Wing
November 16, 2007 through May 11, 2008
This exhibition takes an in-depth look at the creative vision of a master quilt-maker, Mary Lee Bendolph, and the intersecting artistic worlds in which she participates. This exhibit examines Bendolph's inspiration and creative process as well as her profound connection to the cultural practices and expressive traditions from which her work arises.
Twelve dramatically designed, richly colored, improvisational quilts created by Mary Lee Bendolph and her family members; her mother Aolar Mosely, her daughter, Essie B. Pettway, and her daughter-in-law Louisiana P. Bendolph, are presented alongside complex and evocative found object sculptures by noted African American self-taught artists Thornton Dial and visionary "yard art" artist Lonnie Holley.
Intaglio prints by Mary Lee Bendolph and her daughter-in-law Louisiana P. Bendolph, (Photo above: Bricklayer Variation, 2003 Cotton, 89 x 69" Collection of Tinwood Alliance) along with documentary films about all of the artists provide further context for their creative exchange.
As the deep social and aesthetic networks of these six artists intersect, they give rise to new pathways of artistic influence, resulting in a power mixture of communal and individual creative energies.
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