ART HAPPENING- "THE COLOR LINE: AFRICAN-AMERICAN ARTISTS AND SEGREGATION" @ MUSE'E DU QUAI BRANLY, FRANCE
"nothing more concrete, more real than a line, a color." Theo van Doesbourg
African-American artists had to consider these elements from both art and political perspective. From the abolition of slavery onwards, American society was effectively divided by the famous "color line". "The Color Line" was the title of an article by the great black leader Frederick Douglass that was published in the North American Review in June 1881. The term refers to the segregation of black people that began in the United States in 1877 after the Reconstruction period that followed the end of the American Civil War in 1865. The ratification of the 13th Amendment marked the beginning of a new era in American history, with slavery giving way to a century of segregation that finally ended in 1964, following a series of struggles, with the signing of the Civil Rights Act by President Lyndon Johnson.
Over the past thirty years, there has been a growing awareness in the United States of the rich diversity of work by African-American artists since the abolition of slavery. However, Europe in general and France more specifically have been slow to recognize African-American art from this period of US history.
For the first time, this exhibition brings to France works by preeminent African-American artists who remain little known outside of the United States and explores this period of US history through the eyes of those who had to fight against this discriminatory “color line”. The exhibition, through a chronological and thematic route of some 200 works - painting, sculpture, photography, film, music, graphic design and comics - pays tribute to the richness and diversity of these creations
The primary aim of "THE COLOR LINE: African-American Artists and Segregation" is to restore the featured works and their creators to their rightful place. The 600 original works and documents featured in the exhibition cover the main artistic fields and help visitors grasp the inexorable power of artistic creation as vehicle for rights and freedoms.
"THE COLOR LINE-African-American Artists and Segregation" will be on October 04,2016- January 15, 2017 at MUSE'E DU QUAI BRANLY JACQUES CHIRAC- Garden Gallery, France
Source:
www.quabrany.fr
African-American artists had to consider these elements from both art and political perspective. From the abolition of slavery onwards, American society was effectively divided by the famous "color line". "The Color Line" was the title of an article by the great black leader Frederick Douglass that was published in the North American Review in June 1881. The term refers to the segregation of black people that began in the United States in 1877 after the Reconstruction period that followed the end of the American Civil War in 1865. The ratification of the 13th Amendment marked the beginning of a new era in American history, with slavery giving way to a century of segregation that finally ended in 1964, following a series of struggles, with the signing of the Civil Rights Act by President Lyndon Johnson.
Over the past thirty years, there has been a growing awareness in the United States of the rich diversity of work by African-American artists since the abolition of slavery. However, Europe in general and France more specifically have been slow to recognize African-American art from this period of US history.
For the first time, this exhibition brings to France works by preeminent African-American artists who remain little known outside of the United States and explores this period of US history through the eyes of those who had to fight against this discriminatory “color line”. The exhibition, through a chronological and thematic route of some 200 works - painting, sculpture, photography, film, music, graphic design and comics - pays tribute to the richness and diversity of these creations
The primary aim of "THE COLOR LINE: African-American Artists and Segregation" is to restore the featured works and their creators to their rightful place. The 600 original works and documents featured in the exhibition cover the main artistic fields and help visitors grasp the inexorable power of artistic creation as vehicle for rights and freedoms.
Robert Duncanson, "Uncle Tom and Little Eva" - Adago, Paris 2016
Alex Rogers (paroles) Bert Williams (musique)
Henry Ossawa Tanner, "The Young Sabot Maker" - The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Henry Ossawa Tanner, "Portrait of Booker T. Washington"- State Of Iowa Historical Museum
Whitefield Lovell, Autor du Monde 2008 - - DC Moore Gallery New York
Malvin Gray Jonson, "Self Portrait"-Smitsonian American Art Museum
Aaron Douglas, "Into Bondage" - Adago, Paris 2016
Tongues (Holly Rolers),1929 Motley Jr. Archibald J. Private Collection - Valerie Gerrard Browne, Chicago History Museum.
Lois Mailou Jones, "Mob Victim (Meditation)
Bob Thompson, "The Execution" - Estate of Bob Thomspson, courtesy of Michael Rosenfeld Gallery
Horace Pippin, "Mr. Prejudice"
Jacob Lawrence, "Pool Players," 1938
Reginald A. Gammon Jr. "Martin Luther King Jr."
Norman Lewis, "Night Walk #2" - courtesy of Michael Rosenfeld Gallery LLC Mew York
Mickalene Thomas, "Origin Of The Universe 1"
"THE COLOR LINE-African-American Artists and Segregation" will be on October 04,2016- January 15, 2017 at MUSE'E DU QUAI BRANLY JACQUES CHIRAC- Garden Gallery, France
Source:
www.quabrany.fr
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