installation view: Gee's Bend:The Architecture of the Quilt

Gee’s Bend: The Architecture of the Quilt, organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH) and the Tinwood Alliance, Atlanta was the follow-up to the exhibition The Quilts of Gee’s Bend.

Gee’s Bend: The Architecture of the Quilt examined the resurgence of interest in quilting in the Gee’s Bend community and documents the development of the key traditional quilt patterns – housetop, courthouse steps, flying geese and strip quilting through the presentation of outstanding examples created from the 1930s into the 21^st century.

The 70 quilts in the exhibition demonstrate how quilters play upon the structure or “architecture” of the quilt to create a work of art based upon a traditional quilt pattern while simultaneously creating a visual vocabulary that is stylistically identifiable as Gee’s Bend. New works by granddaughters and great-granddaughters to some of the master quilt makers were shown, along with quilts not previously exhibited from the early and mid-20^th century.

Exhibition organized by the Museum of Fine Art, Houston and Tinwood Alliance, Atlanta. Transportation for the exhibition was provided by EGL Eagle Global Logistics.

Funding in Indianapolis was provided by ProLiance Energy.