See the works of more than fifty African-American artists from the late 1800s to the early years of this century. Drawn from one of the most esteemed private collections of works by African-American artists, this special exhibition features over ninety works by such luminaries as Elizabeth Catlett, William H. Johnson, and Charles White.
This special exhibition, running at Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, includes works from a variety of mediums, including block printing, etching, lithography, and screen printing, as well as pastel, pen and ink, and watercolor. Many of the works were produced during the 1930s and 1940s, a period that gave birth to a school of African-American regionalism. Prints and drawings by William H. Johnson, Charles White, and Hale Woodruff are featured.
The 1960s and early 1970s saw the rise of politically motivated and African-inspired themes. Drawn from the artists’ experiences, subjects range from racism and its related hardships to family, music, and religion. Works by living artists Elizabeth Catlett, Margo Humphrey, Whitfield Lovell, and Alison Saar vividly capture and convey the profound social milieu of these years.
The Kelleys have been collecting since the mid-1980s, when they saw the exhibition Hidden Heritage: Afro-American Art, 1800–1950 at the San Antonio Museum of Art. Realizing they did not recognize any of the artists’ names, they vowed to educate themselves about this aspect of their heritage and built a collection to advance the legacy of African-American art.
Concurrent to this exhibition, the one-gallery exhibition African-American Art: Selections from the Amon Carter Museum’s Collection is on view. This exhibition showcases some of the museum’s landmark prints and drawings from the same era as those in the Kelley show. Artists featured include Charles Alston, Grafton Tyler Brown, Elizabeth Catlett, William H. Johnson, Jacob Lawrence, William E. Smith, Dox Thrash, Charles White, and John Wilson.
The Harmon and Harriet Kelley Collection of African-American Art: Works on Paper was organized by Landau Traveling Exhibitions, Los Angeles, California. African-American Art: Selections from the Amon Carter Museum’s Collection was organized by the Amon Carter Museum.
The exhibition will be on view through August 23, 2009. The picture shows Black Snake Blues. --
www.cartermuseum.org Posted June 17th, 2009 by ruzik_tuzik
Posted By: Daniel Moss
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