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An Experience of Color: Landscapes and Legacies

Tracing Artistic Legacies from Post War to the Contemporary

An exhibition presenting artists of African American and Afro Caribbean Heritage

11/6/2018

Kwesi Abbensetts, A Fighting Love, 2018, Acrylic on canvas, 78 x 48 inches, Abstract painting divided into black and gold rectangles with red, blue, yellow, green and violet marks on top, Kwesi Abbensetts is a New York based painter.

Kwesi Abbensetts

A Fighting Love, 2018

Acrylic on canvas

78 x 48 inches

Kwesi Abbensetts, Martyrs For The Spirit, 2018, Acrylic on canvas, 78 x 48 inches, Abstract painting with layers of brown, blue, purple paint and thin line marks on top, Kwesi Abbensetts is a New York based painter.

Kwesi Abbensetts

Martyrs For The Spirit, 2018

Acrylic on canvas

78 x 48 inches

Frank Bowling, Fair Maid, 2009, Acrylic on canvas 68 x 25 inches, Abstract vertical painting with outlined spheres. Frank Bowling is interested in abstract paintings that use a color palette from his home country of Guyana.

Frank Bowling

Fair Maid, 2009

Acrylic on canvas

68 x 25 inches

Morel Doucet, Yemaya's Kiss, 2016 White Earthenware, Glazed & Acrylic Stain 20 x 18.75 x 8 inches, Ceramic piece with varying textures, glazed in light pastels. Morel Doucet creates work that combines the natural world with people's inner consciousness inspired by indigenous people of different cultures.

Morel Doucet

Yemaya's Kiss, 2016

White Earthenware, Glazed & Acrylic Stain

20 x 18.75 x 8 inches

Morel Doucet, Pink Manifesto, 2016 White Earthenware, Glazed & Acrylic Stain 20 inches, 3-D Ceramic circle with ocean flora glazed in vibrant colors. Morel Doucet creates work that combines the natural world with people's inner consciousness inspired by indigenous people of different cultures.

Morel Doucet

Pink Manifesto, 2016

White Earthenware, Glazed & Acrylic Stain

20 inches

Morel Doucet, Ode to Osun, 2016, White Earthenware, Glazed & Acrylic Stain, 21 x 15.5 x 7.25 inches, 3-D Ceramic panel with multiple textures and shapes, glazed in light pastel colors.. Morel Doucet creates work that combines the natural world with people's inner consciousness inspired by indigenous people of different cultures.

Morel Doucet

Ode to Osun, 2016

White Earthenware, Glazed & Acrylic Stain

21 x 15.5 x 7.25 inches

Morel Doucet, Grisaille Nightfall (Pink Wave) , 2016, White Earthenware, Glazed & Acrylic Stain, 14.5 x 12.5 x 5.25 inches, 3-D Ceramic work with ruffling petals glazed in blue and pink. Morel Doucet creates work that combines the natural world with people's inner consciousness inspired by indigenous people of different cultures.

Morel Doucet

Grisaille Nightfall (Pink Wave) , 2016

White Earthenware, Glazed & Acrylic Stain

14.5 x 12.5 x 5.25 inches

Herbert Gentry, The Tree, 1992, Acrylic on canvas, 48 x 32 inches, Portraits painted in red, blue and green. Herbert Gentry painted in a semi-figural abstract style, suggesting images of humans, masks, animals and objects caught in a web of circular brush strokes, encompassed by flat, bright color.

Herbert Gentry

The Tree, 1992

Acrylic on canvas

48 x 32 inches

Norman Lewis, Musicians, 1948, Oil with sgraffito on masonite, 24 x 18 inches, Signed lower right, Dark abstract painting with layers of black, red and blue. Norman Lewis was a vital member of the first generation of abstract expressionists. He was the sole African American artist of his generation and his art derived from his interests in music and equality issues.

Norman Lewis

Musicians, 1948

Oil with sgraffito on masonite

24 x 18 inches

Signed lower right

Sam Middleton, Slashes of Sound, 1967, Mixed media collage, 9-1/2 x 12 inches, Lower center and dated, Middleton 67, Vibrant collage with red, green and yellow paint on top of music notes. Sam Middleton was one of the leading 20th-century American artists, and is a mixed-media collage artist.

Sam Middleton

Slashes of Sound, 1967

Mixed media collage

9-1/2 x 12 inches

Lower center and dated, Middleton 67

 

Sam Middleton, Newport, 1992, Mixed media collage, 30 1/2 x 42 inches,Signed and dated lower right, MIDDLETON 92 Titled, numbered, and inscribed on verso, collage with magazine textured torn paper and a white background. Sam Middleton was one of the leading 20th-century American artists, and is a mixed-media collage artist.

Sam Middleton

Newport, 1992

Mixed media collage

30 1/2 x 42 inches

Signed and dated lower right, MIDDLETON 92

Titled, numbered, and inscribed on verso

Sam Middleton, December, 1988, Mixed media collage, 19 1/4 x 25 inches, collage with peach and red vertical rectangles and torn paper. Sam Middleton was one of the leading 20th-century American artists, and is a mixed-media collage artist.

Sam Middleton
December, 1988
Mixed media collage
19 1/4 x 25 inches

Sam Middleton, Impromptu, 1993, Mixed media collage, 30 1/4 x 41 1/2 inches, Signed and dated lower left, MIDDLETON 93 Signed, titled, and numbered on verso, collage with brown paper background and photographs collaged on top. Sam Middleton was one of the leading 20th-century American artists, and is a mixed-media collage artist.

Sam Middleton

Impromptu, 1993

Mixed media collage

30 1/4 x 41 1/2 inches

Signed and dated lower left, MIDDLETON 93

Signed, titled, and numbered on verso

Bob Thompson, Spazz, Provincetown, 1959, Oil on board, 51 x 63 inches, Signed lower right, Abstract work with orange, blue and yellow, Bob Thompson is recognized for the vibrancy of his paintings and influence to successive generations of artists.

Bob Thompson

Spazz, Provincetown, 1959

Oil on board

51 x 63 inches

Signed lower right