African American ArtAfrican American Art
Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights Era, and Beyond
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Current format, Book, 2012, , Available . Offered in 0 more formatsPublished in conjunction with an exhibition at the Smithsonian American Art Museum on view April through September 2012, this dazzling presentation showcases African American art and artists from the 1930s and later. Drawn from the Museum's collection, the exhibition showcases the results of determined acquisition efforts since the 1980s. Richard J. Powell (art and art history, Duke U.) provides an essay on 20th-century Black visual discourse. Senior curator Virginia Mecklenburg and others provide commentaries on the artworks. The volume is oversize (10x12.25"), affording generous full-page display of paintings by Jacob Lawrence, Romare Bearden, and Alma Thomas, among others, and photographs by Gordon Parks, Roland Freeman, and Marilyn Nance, among others. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
A beautifully illustrated survey of African American art of the twentieth century, including many never-before-seen works by the most important artists of the period. African American Art presents a powerful selection of paintings, sculpture, prints, and photographs by forty-three black artists who explored the African American experience of the twentieth century. Embracing many universal themes and also evoking specific aspects of the African American experience such as the African diaspora, jazz, and the power of religion, the artists worked in styles as varied as documentary realism, abstraction, and postmodern assemblage of found objects. Drawn entirely from the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s rich collection of African American art, the works include paintings by Benny Andrews, Jacob Lawrence, Thornton Dial Sr., Romare Bearden, Alma Thomas, and Lois Mailou Jones, and photographs by Roy DeCarava, Gordon Parks, Roland Freeman, Marilyn Nance, and James Van Der Zee. More than half of the artworks in the exhibition are being shown for the first time. In Richard Powell’s text, his usual keen insights into meaning and metaphor enrich the reader’s understanding of the artworks in their historical setting and contemporary culture.
A beautifully illustrated survey of African American art of the twentieth century, including many never-before-seen works by the most important artists of the period. African American Art presents a powerful selection of paintings, sculpture, prints, and photographs by forty-three black artists who explored the African American experience of the twentieth century. Embracing many universal themes and also evoking specific aspects of the African American experience such as the African diaspora, jazz, and the power of religion, the artists worked in styles as varied as documentary realism, abstraction, and postmodern assemblage of found objects. Drawn entirely from the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s rich collection of African American art, the works include paintings by Benny Andrews, Jacob Lawrence, Thornton Dial Sr., Romare Bearden, Alma Thomas, and Lois Mailou Jones, and photographs by Roy DeCarava, Gordon Parks, Roland Freeman, Marilyn Nance, and James Van Der Zee. More than half of the artworks in the exhibition are being shown for the first time. In Richard Powell’s text, his usual keen insights into meaning and metaphor enrich the reader’s understanding of the artworks in their historical setting and contemporary culture.
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