Creation Story: Gee's Bend Quilts and the Art of Thornton Dial

(Part of the In Collaboration with Frist Art Museum Series)

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Creation Story explores parallels and intersections in the works of Dial and his fellow Alabamians, the remarkable quilters of Gee's Bend. In the tradition of African American cemetery constructions and yard art, these artists harness the tactile properties and symbolic associations of cast-off materials in creating an art of profound beauty and evocative power. Produced against a backdrop of poverty and racism, these artworks have an appeal...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:082651880X

ISBN13:9780826518804

Release Date:May 2012

Publisher:Vanderbilt University Press

Length:128 Pages

Weight:2.90 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 11.8" x 12.7"

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