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Mary Lee Bendolph, Gee’s Bend Quilts, and Beyond celebrates the resonance of the strikingly innovative, abstract quilts made by a group of African American women from Gee’s Bend, Alabama.

Most true innovation is born of necessity rather than of excess leisure time, and such creative invention is often a means of survival. Gee’s Bend women transformed a basic necessity-the quilt- into a true work of art. The striking and often minimalist designs which make up the quilt tops are truly unique.

Thirteen dramatically designed, richly colored, improvisational quilts created by Mary Lee Bendolph and her family - mother Aolar Mosely, daughter Essie B. Pettway & daughter-in-law Louisiana P. Bendolph - are presented alongside complex found object sculptures by noted African-American self-taught artist Thornton Dial and visionary “yard art” artist Lonnie Holly.

A visually rich, emotionally evocative experience, this exhibition will delight and inspire all who see it.

quilts, clockwise from top: Essie B. Pettway, Blocks and One Patch; Aolar Mosely, Blocks; Mary Lee Bendolph, Work Clothes; Mary Lee Bendolph, Blocks and Strips. All quilts from the collection of Tinwood Alliance.

Mary Lee Bendolph, Gee's Bend Quilts, and Beyond is coorganized by the Austin Museum of Art and Tinwood Alliance, Atlanta. The exhibition is presented by Fidelity Investments. The exhibition catalogue is sponsored by Anderson Rogers Foundation.

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