Saturday, March 15, 2014

NEW YORK: Rising Up/Uprising

Charles Alston, Magic in Medicine: Study for Harlem Hospital Mural, NYC, 1936,graphite on paper, 16 3/4 x 13 1/2 inches (sheet size), 14 3/4 x 12 1/8 inches (sight size), signed. Image via michaelrosenfeldart.com.
Twentieth Century African American Art
March 15 – May 3, 2014

Opening Reception:  Saturday, March 15, 2014, 5:00-7:00pm

100 Eleventh Avenue at 19th Street
New York, NY

Featuring works by Charles Alston, Benny Andrews, Romare Bearden, John Biggers, Selma Burke, Elizabeth Catlett, Robert Colescott, Eldzier Cortor, Ernest Crichlow, Beauford Delaney, Aaron Douglas, William H. Johnson, Jacob Lawrence, Norman Lewis, James A. Porter, Betye Saar, William E. Scott, Alma Thomas, Bob Thompson, Charles White and Hale Woodruff.

Rising Up/Uprising is the second exhibition in a two part series commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Beyond the Spectrum: Abstraction in African American Art, 1950-1975 was on view January 9 to March 8, 2014. 




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