Mosaic: Gee’s Bend & Greg Lauren
OCTOBER 2022—SEPTEMBER 2023
This exhibition featured garments and photographs from Mosaic: Gee’s Bend & Greg Lauren, the collaboration between Gee’s Bend quiltmakers and designer Greg Lauren in 2021. Garments from the project were featured in the exhibition In America: A Lexicon of Fashion at The Metropolitan Museum of Art and worn by Questlove at the Oscars and Met Gala. The essay, Beloved Patches of Orange, by Jonathan Michael Square, assistant professor of Black Visual Culture at Parsons School of Design, accompanied the project.
Quilted panels designed and hand-sewn by Claudia Pettway Charley, Cassandra Hall, Priscilla Hudson, Lue Ida McCloud, Doris Pettway Mosely, Caster Pettway, Emma Pettway, Katie Mae Pettway, Kristin Pettway, Mary Margaret Pettway, Minnie Mae Pettway, Stella Mae Pettway, Tinnie Dell Pettway, Pleasent Pettway Scott, and Sharon Williams. Exhibition images by Stephen Pitkin, garment images by Menelik Puryear, and quiltmaker portraits by Stacy Allen.
Mary Margaret Pettway and Greg Lauren
Display of colorful geometric patterned clothing on mannequins and a wall in a boutique or gallery setting, with plants and a large photograph of a model in the background.
Display of fashion clothing and artwork featuring models wearing colorful outfits, with a green plant on a wooden stand in a retail or exhibition space.
Inside a retail or art gallery space, displaying mannequins dressed in casual clothing with jackets, surrounded by colorful abstract wall art and photographs on the walls. Large windows allow natural light to illuminate the space.
Display of colorful patchwork clothing on mannequins inside a museum or gallery with photos of people on the walls and large windows showing trees outside.
Interior of a gallery or museum featuring portraits of women, fashion mannequins dressed in colorful, patterned clothing, and large windows allowing natural light to illuminate the space.
A woman standing against a plain background, wearing a black wide-brimmed hat, a white tank top, colorful patched pants, and silver ankle boots.
Woman standing against a plain gray background, wearing a multicolored patchwork coat, matching patchwork skirt, black boots, and colorful striped socks.
A man mid-air, wearing camouflage pants, a pink beanie, and no shirt, captured in a dynamic pose.
Person dressed in colorful, layered clothing including a hooded jacket, baggy pants, and barefoot, standing on a gray surface with arms extended as if dancing or moving expressively.
A woman with her head slightly bowed, wearing a white oversized shirt, patchwork cargo pants, and long braided hair with some strands hanging down. She is standing against a plain, gray background.
A young man standing on a hilltop at dusk, wearing a colorful patchwork jacket and cargo pants, looking into the distance with a calm expression.
Priscilla Hudson
Doris Pettway Mosely
Close-up of a colorful patchwork quilt with fabric strips, a gray shirt with rolled sleeve featuring black and white stripes, and a white ribbon with black cursive writing, partially unrolled.
Emma Mooney Pettway
Stella Mae Pettway
Lue Ida McCloud
Caster Pettway
Claudia Pettway Charley, Tinnie Dell Pettway, and Francesca Pettway
Minnie Mae Pettway
Katie Mae Pettway
Sharon Williams
Pleasant Pettway Scott
Kristin Pettway
Cassandra Hall