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Exhibition Review
Souls Grown Deep Like the Rivers: Black Artists from the American South
06/2023 | 1443 | 165
Pages: 657-659
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Reviewer:
Rhodes, Colin (Rhodes, Colin)
Subjects
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Royal Academy of Arts, London, Great Britain
subjects:
African Americans / Black people / American art / Paintings / Collages
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Souls Grown Deep Like the Rivers: Black Artists from the American South Royal Academy of Arts, London 17th March–18th June | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
23. LeBe, by Sam Doyle. Late 1970s. Paint on tin, 95.2 by 67.9 cm. (Estate of Sam Doyle; Souls Grown Deep Foundation, Atlanta; photograph Stephen Pitkin; exh. Royal Academy of Arts, London).
Attributed works:
24. Oklahoma, by Ronald Lockett. 1995. Found sheet metal, tin, wire, paint and nails on wood, 114.3 by 117.5 by 7.6 cm. (Souls Grown Deep Foundation, Atlanta; Artist Rights Society, New York and DACS; exh. Royal Academy of Arts, London).
Attributed works:
25. Medallion, by Loretta Pettway Bennett. 2005. Cotton and twill, 215.9 by 154.9 cm. (Souls Grown Deep Foundation, Atlanta; Artist Rights Society, New York and DACS; exh. Royal Academy of Arts, London).
Exhibition Review
Howardena Pindell: A New Language
05/2023 | 1442 | 165
Pages: 559-562
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Reviewer:
Regan, Padraig (Regan, Padraig)
Subjects
artists:
Pindell, Howardena
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Spike Island, Bristol, Great Britain
subjects:
African Americans / Black people / African American art / Mixed media / Videos
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Howardena Pindell: A New Language Spike Island, Bristol 18th February–21st May | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
19. Parabia test #3, by Howardena Pindell. 1974. Ink on paper collage, 23.5 by 57.8 cm. (Courtesy the artist, Garth Greenan Gallery, New York, and Victoria Miro, London; exh. Spike Island, Bristol).
Attributed works:
20. Installation view of Howardena Pindell: A New Language at Spike Island, Bristol, 2023, showing Free, white and 21. 1980. U-matic, duration 12 minutes 15 seconds. (Courtesy the artist, Garth Greenan Gallery, New York, and Victoria Miro, London; photograph Dan Weill).
Attributed works:
21. Still from Rope/fire/water, by Howardena Pindell. Video, duration 16 minutes. (Courtesy the artist, Garth Greenan Gallery, New York, and Victoria Miro, London; exh. Spike Island, Bristol).
Book Review
Horace Pippin, American Modern
02/2022 | 1427 | 164
Pages: 219-221
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Reviewer:
Rhodes, Colin (Rhodes, Colin)
Subjects
artists:
Pippin, Horace
subjects:
American art / Folk art / African Americans
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Horace Pippin, American Modern By Anne Monahan. 264 pp. incl. 96 col. + 25 b. & w. ills. (Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2020), £40. ISBN 978–0–300–24330–7. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
6. The domino game, by Horace Pippin. 1943. Oil on composition board, 32.4 by 55.9 cm. (Phillips Collection, Washington).
Exhibition Review
Elijah Pierce’s America
02/2021 | 1415 | 163
Pages: 175-177
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Reviewer:
Rhodes, Colin (Rhodes, Colin)
Subjects
art literature:
Exhibition catalogues
artists:
Pierce, Elijah
museums and institutions:
Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, United States
subjects:
African Americans / American art / Folk art / Carvings
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Elijah Pierce’s America Edited by Nancy Ireson and Zoé Whitley. 208 pp. incl. 120 col. ills. (Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, and Paul Holberton, London, 2020), £40. ISBN 978–1–911300–87–8. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
22. Three ways to send a message: telephone, telegram, tella- woman, by Elijah Pierce. c.1941. Carved and painted wood, 39.4 by 45.7 by 3.8 cm. (High Museum of Art, Atlanta; exh. Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia).
Attributed works:
23. Nixon being driven from the White House, by Elijah Pierce. 1975. Carved and painted wood and beads, 36.8 by 74.3 cm. (Private collection; exh. Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia).
Attributed works:
24. The Power of prayer, by Elijah Pierce. 1960. Carved and painted wood and glitter, 103.1 by 49.8 cm. (Museum of Everything, London; exh. Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia).
Exhibition Review
Boston’s Apollo: Thomas McKeller and John Singer Sargent. Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
05/2020 | 1406 | 162
Pages: 445-448
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Reviewer:
Salomon, Xavier F. (Salomon, Xavier F.)
Subjects
artists:
Sargent, John Singer
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, United States / Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, United States
subjects:
Murals / Models (people) / Black people / African Americans
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Boston’s Apollo: Thomas McKeller and John Singer Sargent Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston 13th February–14th September | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
16. Study of a seated male nude above a roundel for the rotunda of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, by John Singer Sargent. 1916–21. Charcoal on paper. 63.3 by 48 cm. (Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston).
Attributed works:
17. Study for Apollo in classic and romantic art for the rotunda of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, by John Singer Sargent. 1916–21. Charcoal on paper. 47.5 by 62.5 cm. (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; exh. Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston).
Attributed works:
18. Nude study of Thomas E. McKeller, by John Singer Sargent. 1917–21. Oil on canvas. 125.7 by 84.5 cm. (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; exh. Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston).
Book Review
Stick to the Skin: African American and Black British Art, 1965–2015. By Celeste-Marie Bernier
04/2020 | 1405 | 162
Pages: 362-363
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Reviewer:
Hylton, Richard (Hylton, Richard)
Subjects
subjects:
Black British artists / African Americans / Race / Art history / Africans / Black people / South Asia
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Stick to the Skin: African American and Black British Art, 1965–2015 By Celeste-Marie Bernier. 344 pp. incl. 99 col. ills. (University of California Press, Berkeley, 2019),  70. ISBN 978–0–520–28653–5. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
5. Mr. Dial’s America, by Thornton Dial. 2011. Mixed-media assemblage, 188 by 246 by 23.5 cm. (Souls Grown Deep Foundation, Atlanta).
Exhibition Review
Sally Mann: A Thousand Crossings. J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
02/2019 | 1391 | 161
Pages: 161-163
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Reviewer:
Silberman, Robert (Silberman, Robert; Silberman, Robert B.)
Subjects
artists:
Mann, Sally
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Photographs
museums and institutions:
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, United States / National Gallery of Art, Washington, United States
places:
United States / Los Angeles / Washington DC
subjects:
Photography / Children / Politics / Slavery / Race / Civil wars / African Americans / Cultural history / Religion / Poetry / Literature / Portraits / Self-portraits
Illustrations
Attributed works:
28. Easter Dress, by Sally Mann. 1986. Gelatin silver print, 47 by 57.8 cm. (Patricia and David Schulte; exh. J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles).
Attributed works:
29. Virginia #6, by Sally Mann. 2004. Gelatin silver print, 123.2 by 98.4 cm. (Courtesy of Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York; exh. J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles).
Attributed works:
30. Battlefields, Antietam (Black Sun), by Sally Mann. 2001. Gelatin silver print, 96.5 by 123.2 cm. (Courtesy of Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York; exh. J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles).
Exhibition Review
Charles White: A Retrospective. Museum of Modern Art, New York
11/2018 | 1388 | 160
Pages: 968-970
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Reviewer:
Hylton, Richard (Hylton, Richard)
Subjects
artists:
White, Charles, 1918-1978 / Marshall, Kerry James
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Paintings / Drawings / Prints / Photographs / Book covers / Lithographs
museums and institutions:
Museum of Modern Art, New York, United States / Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, United States / Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, United States
places:
United States / New York / Chicago / Los Angeles
subjects:
American painting (United States of America) / Politics / Social history / Social realism / Expressionism / Allegory / Hands (body componenents) / Magazines (periodicals) / Murals / Archives / African Americans / Slavery / Slave trade
Illustrations
Attributed works:
22. Paul Robeson (Study for Contribution of the negro to democracy in America), by Charles White. 1942–43. Carbon pencil over charcoal, with additions and corrections in white gouache, border in Wolff crayon, on cream drawing board, 63.2 by 48.4 cm. (Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton NJ; © The Charles White Archives; exh. Museum of Modern Art, New York).
Attributed works:
23. Awaken from the unknowing, by Charles White. 1961. Compressed brown and grey vine charcoal with scratching out, blending and erasing on cold-pressed illustration board, 78.7 by 142.2 cm. (Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin; © The Charles White Archives; exh. Museum of Modern Art, New York).
Attributed works:
24. Wanted poster series #17, by Charles White. 1971. Oil wash and pencil on poster board, 152.4 by 76.2 cm. (Flint Institute of Arts, Flint MI; © The Charles White Archives; exh. Museum of Modern Art, New York).
Exhibition Review
Dorothea Lange: Politics of Seeing. Jeu de Paume, Paris
11/2018 | 1388 | 160
Pages: 965-968
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Reviewer:
Constantine, Simon (Constantine, Simon)
Subjects
artists:
Lange, Dorothea / White, Clarence Hudson / Dixon, Maynard / Cunningham, Imogen / Van Dyke, Willard Ames / Weston, Edward / Adams, Ansel
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Photographs
museums and institutions:
Barbican Art Gallery, London, Great Britain / Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris, France
places:
Great Britain / London / France / Paris
subjects:
Photography / Photomechanical processes / Portraits / Style / War Artists / World War (1939-1945) / Race / Workers / Working Class / African Americans
Illustrations
Attributed works:
19. Migrant mother, Nipomo, California, by Dorothea Lange. 1936. Gelatin silver print, 33.3 by 25.5 cm. (Dorothea Lange Collection, Oakland Museum of California; exh. Jeu de Paume, Paris).
Attributed works:
20. Sacramento, California. College students of Japanese ancestry who have been evacuated from Sacramento to the Assembly Center, by Dorothea Lange. 1942. Digital print, 27.9 by 22.9 cm. (Courtesy U.S. National Archives; exh. Jeu de Paume, Paris).
Attributed works:
21. White angel breadline, San Francisco, by Dorothea Lange. 1933. Gelatin silver print, 53.3 by 43.8 cm. (Dorothea Lange Collection, Oakland Museum of California; exh. Jeu de Paume, Paris).
Book Review
The Image of the Black in Western Art, 4, From the American Revolution to World War I. Part 1: Slaves and Liberators and Part 2: Black Models and White Myths
10/1991 | 1063 | 133
Pages: 721-722
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Reviewer:
House, John (House, John; H., J.)
Subjects
dates:
1700-1899 / 1900-1949
subjects:
African Americans / Africans / Iconography
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Image of the Black in Western Art, 4, From the American Revolution to World War I. Part 1: Slaves and Liberators and Part 2: Black Models and White Myths | author: Boime, Albert , author: Cowling, Mary , author: Honour, Hugh