by Sandy | Dec 4, 2017 | Art, Arts, Entertainment and Music, Blogroll, Exhibits, Museums
“In honor of the centennial of the birth of Jacob Lawrence (1917–2000), Their Own Harlems examines the ways in which the urban landscape has influenced Lawrence’s artistic practice, as well as that of other artists.
He thought of Harlem in a broad sense, acknowledging the powerful and positive experiences people of African descent across the country could find in “their own Harlems.”
The exhibit also features the work of over fifteen artists including Dawoud Bey, Jacob Lawrence, Julie Mehretu, Wardell Milan, and Lynette Yiadom-Boakye.”
“Their Own Harlems” – Until Jan 7, 2018
The Studio Museum in Harlem, 144 West 125th Street, NYC
(Image: Breakfast East Harlem, 2010, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye )
by Sandy | Nov 29, 2010 | Art, Arts, Entertainment and Music, Blogroll, Museums
The de Young Museum in San Francisco, CA has recently added “Migration” to its “America” collection. It was painted by Jacob Lawrence in the 1940’s as part of his series with a recurring theme of African Americans moving from South to North between the World Wars.
Lawrence, 1917–2000, called his colorful, distinctive style “dynamic cubism”.
de Young Museum
Golden Gate Park, 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive, San Francisco, CA
by Sandy | Feb 12, 2010 | Art, Blogroll, Culture, Exhibits, Museums
The Art Institute of Chicago presents:
“ Modern in America: Works on Paper, 1900–1950s”
“To celebrate the long-awaited release of American Modernism at the Art Institute of Chicago: From World War I to 1955, a scholarly catalogue showcasing the Art Institute’s expansive permanent collection of American art, the Department of Prints and Drawings has organized this companion exhibition. Approximately 140 prints, drawings, collages, and watercolors from the permanent collection offer the opportunity to ruminate on what constituted “modern” at various moments during the first half of the 20th century.”
“Modern In America” – until 4/4/10
The Art Institute of Chicago/ AIC
111 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
(Image: “Free Clinic”, Jacob Lawrence, 1937)
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by Sandy | Feb 3, 2010 | Art, Blogroll, Culture, Exhibits, Museums
Jacob Lawrence: The Life of Toussaint L’Ouverture
African American artist Jacob Lawrence (1918-2000) “created 15 dramatic and colorful silk-screen prints based on a series of 41 paintings entitled “The Life of Toussaint L’Ouverture” that he completed in 1938. This exhibition will present all fifteen silk-screen prints from the Curtis Ransom Collection of African American Art, alongside the Dallas Museum of Art’s painting The Visitors, and a related portrait photograph by Arnold Newman of the artist from the DMA’s collections. “
Jacob Lawrence – until 5/23/10
Dallas Museum of Art
1717 North Harwood, Dallas, Texas
BTW: Toussaint L’Ouverture led the Haitian revolution of 1800. This former slave is credited with the creation of the Republic of Haiti in 1804.
(Images: “The Opener” and “General Toussaint L’Overture” )
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by Bob Martin | Dec 8, 2009 | Art, Culture, Education, Museums
Having visited Haiti many times and learning a little bit of it’s history,
The Capture by Jacob Lawrence
particularly that of Toussaint L’Ouerture and Jean-Jacques Dessalines, who accomplished something in scale as heroic as the 13 colonies’ victory in our war of independence. Haiti’s history is obscured by it’s poverty. It is as if the Haiti’s proximity to the United State make it easy to overlook.
The Dallas Museum of Art is helping to peak our curiosity with a showing of silk prints by Jacob Lawrence about Toussaint L’Ouerture who was a leader in the Haitian revolution. Born a slave, he became commander in chief of the revolutionary army in 1800. In 1804, Haiti became the first black Western republic.
Jacob Lawrence: The Life of Toussaint L’Ouverture
December 6, 2009–May 23, 2010
Focus Gallery II
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