Jeffrey Gibson USA, b. 1972
UNDERSTAND, 2019
Cotton and linen, digitally printed fabric, polyester thread, cotton batting
79 1/2 x 73 1/2 in
201.9 x 186.7 cm
201.9 x 186.7 cm
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Copyright Jeffrey Gibson, 2019
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Jeffrey Gibson's Quilt series (2019) emerged from the performative garments Gibson exhibited at the 2018 Armory Show in New York and the 2019 Whitney Biennial. Gibson stitched together fabric scraps...
Jeffrey Gibson's Quilt series (2019) emerged from the performative garments Gibson exhibited at the 2018 Armory Show in New York and the 2019 Whitney Biennial. Gibson stitched together fabric scraps by hand to form the foundation of the quilts, embedding references to songs, poetry, philosophy and events such as the Standing Rock Protests. Gibson then collaborated with Robert Bemis, a quilt artist based in Troy, New York, inviting him to free form "draw" on the quilts with stitching.
Artist Background:
2019 MacArthur Genius Grant award winner Jeffrey Gibson (b. 1972, USA) has developed a jubilant and ever-evolving studio practice that blends the aesthetic heritages of Native America, rave culture, and punk rock, breathing new life into the traditions of Modernist Abstraction. In his paintings, sculptures, garments, performances and films, indigenous craftwork and ancient abstract references coalesce to form metaphysical bridges between 20th century art movements like Geometric Abstraction, Neo-Dada and Pop Art, and contemporary fields of inquiry such as Relational Aesthetics, Institutional Critique and Identity Politics.
Recent exhibitions include the 2019 Whitney Biennial, Jeffrey Gibson: Like a Hammer, at the
Seattle Art Museum, and Aftereffect, at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, CO. Works
by Gibson are in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian Museum, Crystal Bridges
Museum of American Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the National Gallery of Canada,
the Nasher Museum, the Denver Art Museum, and many others. Gibson is a TED Foundation
Fellow and a past recipient of the Joan Mitchell Grant.
Artist Background:
2019 MacArthur Genius Grant award winner Jeffrey Gibson (b. 1972, USA) has developed a jubilant and ever-evolving studio practice that blends the aesthetic heritages of Native America, rave culture, and punk rock, breathing new life into the traditions of Modernist Abstraction. In his paintings, sculptures, garments, performances and films, indigenous craftwork and ancient abstract references coalesce to form metaphysical bridges between 20th century art movements like Geometric Abstraction, Neo-Dada and Pop Art, and contemporary fields of inquiry such as Relational Aesthetics, Institutional Critique and Identity Politics.
Recent exhibitions include the 2019 Whitney Biennial, Jeffrey Gibson: Like a Hammer, at the
Seattle Art Museum, and Aftereffect, at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, CO. Works
by Gibson are in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian Museum, Crystal Bridges
Museum of American Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the National Gallery of Canada,
the Nasher Museum, the Denver Art Museum, and many others. Gibson is a TED Foundation
Fellow and a past recipient of the Joan Mitchell Grant.