Gee's Bend: The Architecture of the Quilt | 
| Authors: Paul Arnett, William Arnett, Bernard Herman, Maggi Gordon, Diane Mott, Dilys Blum, Lauren Whitley, Amei Wallach, Joanne Cubbs
Publisher: Tinwood Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 85535
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 224
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.6
Dimensions (in): 13.1 x 11.7 x 0.9
ISBN: 0971910456
Dewey Decimal Number: 704
EAN: 9780971910454
ASIN: 0971910456
Publication Date: July 25, 2006
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Product Description
In 2002, Gee’s Bend burst into international prominence through the success of Tinwood’s Quilts of Gee’s Bend exhibition and book, which revealed an important and previously invisible art tradition from the African American South. Critics and popular audiences alike marveled at these quilts that combined the best of contemporary design with a deeply rooted ethnic heritage and compelling human stories about the women. Gee's Bend: The Architecture of the Quilt is a major book and museum exhibition that will premiere at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), in June 2006 before traveling to seven American museums through 2008. The book's 330 color illustrations and insightful text bring home the exciting experience to readers while displaying all the cultural heritage and craftsmanship that have gone into these remarkable quilts.
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 The Architecture of the Quilt August 31, 2008
Interesting and inspiring! I loved the stories of the quilters - real people who were extraordinary and humble.
Gee's Bend Quilters August 27, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
If you liked the Gee's Bend Quilt exhibit, then you have to have this book as well as the one before it The Quilts of Gee's Bend: Masterpieces from a Lost Place and the one after it, Mary Lee Bendolph, Gee's Bend Quilts, and Beyond, which focuses upon the work of Mary Lee Bendolph, perhaps the greatest living Gee's Bend Quilter. There are others, too. These women are worth supporting in any way you can. They are truly great artists. Other gems to seek out are The Quilts Of Gee's Bend the video on them made by Vanessa Vadim and and Tim Arnett and the CD collection of Gee's Bend music made both in the 30s, when the FSA became aware of the artistry of Gee's Bend, and at the time of the recent exhibition of Gee's Bend's Quilts which is still touring the world.
The soul of the Gee's Bend women exposed in their quilts. August 11, 2008
The stories of the women of Gee's Bend, as told by themselves, touch ones heart and should remind us of a time when one used what you had and met the challenge of creating such things of beauty as their quilts. They definitely thought "outside the box" and broke all the rules of quilting to produce some splendid pieces of art. Primative? yes, but their artistic eye as shown in their work, places their work on a level with the great artists of the world. Great photos of the ladies and wonderful color pictures of the quilts. I would recommend the book for artists as well as quilters.
Gee's Bend:The Architecture of The Quilt May 8, 2008
This book is great, and the pictures are wonderful. I'm studying for an upcoming exhibition and I am very satisfied.
Architecture of a Quilt is a facinating and amazing book. November 1, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I am really enjoying reading and looking at the pictures of the quilts in this book. I have met several of the ladies and decendants of the Gee' Bend Quilters and find their stories so interesting. The quilts definitely do define the quilters, their strengths and weaknesses, their ups and downs. I recomend this book to anyone who holds quilts near and dear to their hearts.
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