The Evolution of Art in the Digital Realm
Uncover Indonesian Contemporary Art A new technology of artists’ work testifies to the Gee’s Bend quilters’ enduring influence. Also in 2022, Legacy Russell organized “The New Bend,†a group present at Hauser & Wirth gallery that drew connections between the Gee’s Bend quilters and 12 risingstar artists, together with Tomashi Jackson, Eric N. Mack, and Basil Kincaid. Russell described the Gee’s Bend makers as “artists and technologists,†positioning younger artists as their inheritors exploring the various links between textiles and digital instruments. The warps and wefts of fabric, for instance, work like a grid of…