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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).
Exhibition Review
Kara Walker: A Black Hole Is Everything a Star Longs to Be
01/2022 | 1426 | 164
Pages: 56-59
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Reviewer:
Daunt, Catherine (Daunt, Catherine)
Subjects
artists:
Walker, Kara
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany / Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland
subjects:
African American art / American art / Women artists / Black people
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Kara Walker: A Black Hole Is Everything a Star Longs to Be Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt 15th October 2021–16th January 2022 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
2. Barack Obama tormented St Anthony putting up with the whole ‘birther’ conspiracy, by Kara Walker. 2019. Pastel, conté crayon and charcoal on treated paper, 221.9 by 182.9 cm. (Private collection; exh. Schirn Kunsthalle, Franfurt).
Attributed works:
3. Prize from the series The gross clinician presents, by Kara Walker. 2018. Graphite, sumi ink, gofun and gouache, 76 by 57 cm. (Kunstmuseum, Basel; exh. Schirn Kunsthalle, Franfurt).
Attributed works:
Yesterdayness in America today, by Kara Walker. 2020. Graphite and watercolour on paper, 221.9 by 365.8 cm. (Private collection; exh. Schirn Kunsthalle, Franfurt).
Exhibition Review
Working Together: The Photographers of the Kamoinge Workshop
04/2021 | 1417 | 163
Pages: 368-371
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Reviewer:
Finley, Cheryl (Finley, Cheryl)
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Wilson, Jasmine (Wilson, Jasmine)
Subjects
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, United States / Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, United States
subjects:
Kamoinge Workshop / Photographs / African American art / Black people
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Working Together: The Photographers of the Kamoinge Workshop Whitney Museum of American Art, New York 21st November 2020– 28th March 2021 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
21. Sun Ra space II, New York City, New York, by Ming Smith. 1978. Gelatin silver print, 22.2 by 31.1 cm. (  Ming Smith; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond; exh. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York).
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22. Egg nude, by Adger Cowans. 1958. Gelatin silver print, 29.2 by 43.7 cm. (  Adger Cowans; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond; exh. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York).
Attributed works:
23. Girl and Cuba (Philadelphia), by Louis H. Draper. 1968. Gelatin silver print, 23.8 by 15.6 cm. (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond;   Courtesy the Louis H. Draper Preservation Trust and Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York; exh. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York).
Attributed works:
24. Woman in doorway, Harlem, by Beuford Smith. 1965. Gelatin silver print, 19.1 by 24.3 cm. (  Beuford Smith; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond; exh. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York).
Book Review
Gatecrashers: The Rise of the Self-Taught Artist in America
11/2020 | 1412 | 162
Pages: 1009-1010
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Reviewer:
Rhodes, Colin (Rhodes, Colin)
Subjects
artists:
Kane, John, 1860-1934 / Pippin, Horace / Robertson (Grandma Moses), Anna Mary
subjects:
African American art / American art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Gatecrashers: The Rise of the Self- Taught Artist in America By Katherine Jentleson. 264 pp. incl. 53 col. + 18 b. & w. ills. (University of California Press, Oakland, 2020), £41. ISBN 978–0–520–30342–3. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
9. The ending of the war, starting home, by Horace Pippin. 1930–33. Oil on canvas and carved wooden frame, 66 by 76.5 cm. (Philadelphia Museum of Art).
Exhibition Review
Art in the age of Black Power. London
10/2017 | 1375 | 159
Pages: 833-834
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Reviewer:
Bernier, Celeste-Marie (Bernier, Celeste-Marie)
Subjects
artists:
Bearden, Romare / Lewis, Norman / Douglas, Emory / Ringgold, Faith / Bowling, Frank
dates:
Twentieth-century art
museums and institutions:
Tate Modern, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Politics / Slavery / Colonialism / African American art
subjects:
Freedom-fighters
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power at Tate Modern, London | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
66. Texas Louise, by Frank Bowling, 1971 (Rennie Collection, Vancouver; exh. Tate Modern, London).
Attributed works:
67. Did the bear sit under a tree?, by Benny Andrews. 1969 (Emmanuel Collection; exh. Tate Modern, London).
Attributed works:
68. Pittsburgh memory, by Romare Bearden, 1964 (Collection of Halley K. Harrisburg and Michael Rosenfeld, New York; exh. Tate Modern, London).
Publication Received
Collecting African American Art. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
01/2010 | 1282 | 152
Pages: 49
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Reviewer:
Blood, Anne (Blood, Anne)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, United States
print:
African American art
print:
Collections, Public / Houston / Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, United States
subjects:
Collections, Public / African American / Art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Collecting African American Art. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston | author: Franklin, John Hope , author: Wardlaw, Alvia J.