Strips
Louisiana Bendolph, American, born 1960
2003
Corduroy fabric
Overall: 74 × 69 in. (188 × 175.3 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Evelyn A. and William B. Jaffe 2015 Fund
2021.11.1
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
21st century
Object Name
Quilt
Research Area
Textiles and Costumes
Not on view
Label
. . . I started having visions of quilts. At first, I didn’t pay any attention to them. They just kept coming . . . So I got a pencil and a piece of paper and drew them out . . . Finally I decided that I would get some fabric and make a quilt . . . And I’ve kept on doing it because those images won’t leave me alone. -- Louisiana Bendolph
The subtle shifts in hue within both the red and brown passages of this quilt add complexity and richness to its overall composition. Bendolph’s bold designs follow no pre-established patterns but rather answer to her personal need to make objects of beauty. As the quotation implies, she made quilts with her family as a child, following established quilt patterns, but set this work aside when she left home. Years later, following the successful exhibition of quilts made by her extended family as well as their neighbors in Gees Bend, Alabama, Bendolph renewed her dedication to quilt-making, this time as an art form,
From the 2025 exhibition Always Already: Abstraction in the United States, curated by John Stomberg, Virginia Rice Kelsey 1961 Director; Jami Powell, Associate Director of Curatorial Affairs and Curator of Indigenous Art; and Amelia Kahl, Barbara C. and Harvey P. Hood 1918 Senior Curator of Academic Programing
Course History
ARTH 5.01, Introduction to Contemporary Art, Mary Coffey and Chad Elias, Winter 2022
ARTH 5.01, Introduction to Contemporary Art, Mary Coffey and Chad Elias, Winter 2022
Art History 40.02, The American Century, Mary Coffey, Spring 2025
Art History 40.02, The American Century, Mary Coffey, Spring 2025
Exhibition History
Always Already: Abstraction in the United States, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, April 26-August 2,2025.
Provenance
Souls Grown Deep Foundation
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