Post-Harlem Renaissance Art of the 20th Century

Post-Harlem Renaissance Art of the 20th Century

Online information about African American Art from sources other than Resource Library

with an emphasis on representational art

"After Tanner: African American Artists since 1948 at PAFA" by Andrea Kirsh, April 13, 2012, from theartblog.org. Accessed July, 2015.

Art in the Atrium: Kerry James Marshall an exhibit held September 20, 2014 - February 26, 2009 - October 11, 2011 at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Includes videos. Accessed July, 2015.

Bill Walker: Urban Griot is a 2017 exhibit at the Hyde Park Art Center which says: "Bold, vibrant and graphic, the works on paper and small paintings show imagery of problems that Chicago and other urban American cities faced during the artist's lifetime that are still unresolved today-homelessness, bigotry, poverty, and hunger." Accessed 12/17

Eldzier Cortor Coming Home: Recent Gifts to the Art Institute, an exhibit held February 21, 2015 - May 31, 2015 at the Art Institute of Chicago. Includes 5-minute video. Accessed January, 2016

Emancipating the Past: Kara Walker's Tales of Slavery and Power was a 2014 exhibit at Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at the University of Oregon whcih says: "Though mainly celebrated for her provocative installations, composed of cut-paper silhouettes, Walker's work in other media is equally strong and expands on the many powerful themes and questions of her practice. Drawn from Jordan Schnitzer's collection, the exhibition includes several of Walker's large-scale print series, cut-steel sculptures, a wall painting, and a video." See gallery guide in article and YouTube video separately online.. Accessed 1/17

The Essential Elijah Pierce, an exhibit held February 1 - March 16, 2014 at the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft. Includes press release. Accessed December, 2015.

Faith Ringgold, official website. Accessed July, 2015.

Figuring History: Robert Colescott, Kerry James Marshall, Mickalene Thomas is a 2018 exhibit at the Seattle Art Museum which says: "Figuring History: Robert Colescott, Kerry James Marshall, Mickalene Thomas brings together three generations of contemporary American artists, whose work challenges a Western painting tradition that underrepresents people of color. The vibrant and monumental paintings by these artists offer bold perspectives on Black culture and representation. Presented together for the first time, the figurative paintings of Colescott, Marshall, and Thomas are shaped by distinctive historic events, unique in style, and united in questioning the narratives of history through Black experience." Also see press release Accessed 3/18

Floyd D. Tunson: Son of Pop, an exhibit held Oct. 27 - Jan. 20, 2013 at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center. Includes six videos, plus press coverage. Accessed 5/18

Gallery 32 and Its Circle: Los Angeles' African American Art Community in the 1960s and '70s, an exhibit held January 24 - March 22, 2009 at the Laband Art Gallery at Loyola Marymount University. Includes media reviews. Accessed February, 2015

Horace Pippin: From War to Peace is a 2019 exhibit at the Philadelphia Museum of Art which says: "Working on his own, Pippin developed a distinctive technique and style. To paint, he used his left arm to move his right arm while he clasped a brush in his right hand. By the time his work began to receive public attention, he had become a strong and original artist who was able to distill his experiences into images of great power and poignancy." Also see 8/24/19 article from Hyperallergic.com Accessed 1/20

More Than You Know, Works of Whitfield Lovell, an exhibit January 28 - May 1, 2011 at the Smith College Museum of Art. Accessed April, 2015.

From PBS online archive of individual segments from NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, November 28, 2003 transcript on contemporary artist Kerry James Marshall's keen sense of history. Accessed May, 2015.

Pioneering Cartoonists of Color from 999inks.co.uk. Incudes information on African American cartoonists. Accessed May, 2014

William H. Johnson: An American Modern, February 16, 2013 - May 12, 2013 from Georgia Museum of Art. Accessed 3/14

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