"Published on the occasion of the traveling exhibition, Black Refractions: Highlights from the Studio Museum in Harlem, organized by the American Federation of Arts and the Studio Museum in Harlem"--Colophon. Exhibition itinerary: Museum of the African Diaspora, January 15-April 14, 2019; The Gibbes Museum of Art, May 24-August 18, 2019; Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, September 13-December 8, 2019; Smith College Museum of Art, January 17-April 12, 2020; Frye Art Museum, May 9-August 2, 2020; and Utah Museum of Fine Arts, August 28-December 13, 2020. Artists include: Derrick Adams ; Terry Adkins ; Njideka Akunyili Crosby ; Charles Alston ; Benny Andrews ; Romare Bearden ; Dawoud Bey ; McArthur Binion ; Betty Blayton-Taylor ; Chakaia Booker ; Frank Bowling ; Mark Bradford ; Jordan Casteel ; Elizabeth Catlett ; LeRoy Clarke ; Willie Cole ; Eldzier Cortor ; Noah Davis ; Beauford Delaney ; Thornton Dial ; Leonardo Drew ; Melvin Edwards ; Meschac Gaba ; Sam Gilliam ; David Hammons ; Lyle Ashton Harris ; Maren Hassinger ; Barkley L. Hendricks ; Richard Hunt ; Clementine Hunter ; Juliana Huxtable ; Steffani Jemison ; Loïs Mailou Jones ; Isaac Julien ; Titus Kaphar ; Seydou Keïta ; Jacob Lawrence ; Hughie Lee-Smith ; Norman Lewis ; Glenn Ligon ; Kalup Linzy ; Tom Lloyd ; Whitfield Lovell ; Alvin Loving ; Kerry James Marshall ; Julie Mehretu ; Adia Millet ; Wangechi Mutu ; Kori Newkirk ; Otobong Nkanga ; Odili Donald Odita ; Chris Ofili ; Lorraine O'Grady ; Jennifer Packer ; Howardena Pindell ; Robert Pruitt ; Faith Ringgold ; Betye Saar ; Jacolby Satterwhite ; Malick Sidibé ; Gary Simmons ; Lorna Simpson ; Shinique Smith ; Henry Taylor ; Alma Thomas ; Hank Willis Thomas ; Mickalene Thomas ; Bob Thompson ; Bill Traylor ; James VanDerZee ; Nari Ward ; Carrie Mae Weems ; Stanley Whitney ; Jack Whitten ; Kehinde Wiley ; William T. Williams ; Fred Wilson ; Hale Woodruff ; Lynette Yiadom-Boakye. Includes bibliographical references. "Black Refractions: Highlights from the Studio Museum in Harlem" : January 15-April 14, 2019, Museum of the African Diaspora, San Francisco, California, United States. "Black Refractions: Highlights from the Studio Museum in Harlem" : May 24-August 18, 2019, The Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, South Carolina, United States. "Black Refractions: Highlights from the Studio Museum in Harlem" : September 13-December 8, 2019, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States. "Black Refractions: Highlights from the Studio Museum in Harlem" : January 17-April 12, 2020, Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, Massachusetts, United States. "Black Refractions: Highlights from the Studio Museum in Harlem" : May 9-August 2, 2020, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, United States. "Black Refractions: Highlights from the Studio Museum in Harlem" : August 28-December 13, 2020, Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.
Contents:
Foreword / Connie H. Choi. Foreword / Thelma Golden -- Black refractions / Kellie Jones -- In conversation / Thelma Golden, Connie H. Choi, and Kellie Jones -- Black refractions / Connie H. Choi.
Summary:
"The artists featured in Black Refractions, including Kerry James Marshall, Faith Ringgold, Nari Ward, Norman Lewis, Wangechi Mutu, and Lorna Simpson, are drawn from the renowned collection of the Studio Museum in Harlem. Through exhibitions, public programs, artist residencies, and bold acquisitions, this pioneering institution has served as a nexus for artists of African descent locally, nationally, and internationally since its founding in 1968. Rather than aim to construct a single history of "black art," Black Refractions emphasizes a plurality of narratives and approaches, traced through 125 works in all media from the 1930s to the present." --Amazon.com.
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