African American art : Harlem Renaissance, civil rights era, and beyond

Resource Information

The work African American art : Harlem Renaissance, civil rights era, and beyond represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Portland Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

African American art : Harlem Renaissance, civil rights era, and beyond

Title remainder

Harlem Renaissance, civil rights era, and beyond

Statement of responsibility

Richard J. Powell and Virginia M. Mecklenburg ; with contributions by Maricia Battle

Creator

• Smithsonian American Art Museum

Contributor

• Mecklenburg, Virginia M., (Virginia McCord), 1946-
• Powell, Richard J., 1953-

Subject

• African American art
• African American art -- 20th century -- Exhibitions
• African American art -- Exhibitions. -- 20th century
• Art
• Art -- Washington (D.C.) -- Exhibitions
• Art -- Washington (D.C.) -- Exhibitions
• Art -- Washington (D.C.) -- Expositions
• Art noir américain -- 20e siècle -- Expositions
• Catalogues d'exposition
• Exhibition catalogs
• Exhibition catalogs
• Smithsonian American Art Museum
• Smithsonian American Art Museum
• Smithsonian American Art Museum -- Exhibitions
• Washington (D.C.)
• exhibition catalogs
• 1900-1999

Genre

• Exhibition catalogs
• Exhibitions
• Exhibitions.
• Expositions
• exhibition catalogs
• Catalogues d'exposition

Language

eng

Summary

"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."--Publisher's website

Cataloging source

DLC

Government publication

federal national government publication

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• bibliography
• catalogs