Greg Lauren, Gee's Bend Quilters Take Aim at Cultural Appropriation

The Gee's Bend point person on the project, Pettway started quilting at age 11, and her mother's work was in the landmark 2002 exhibition "The Quilts of Gee's Bend" at the Whitney Museum in New York. "Whether something was created by a known celebrated artist or not, a person used their ingenious artistic ability to put two colors next to each other, to choose fabrics, to stitch, to create the emotional response for those who see it. The immersive installation features the quilters' portraits, their voices in recordings where they discuss the process, and editorial-style collection images shot in L.A. with input from Pettway on casting and styling.