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April 08, 2013
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Edmonia Lewis — Follow up

On March 20, 2013, I posted on sculptor Edmonia Lewis. In that post, I asserted that in 2011, a historian had discovered the place and date of Lewis’s death. The source of this information indicated that this historian was British. However, this was incorrect. The person who made this discovery is actually an African American cultural historian named Marilyn Richardson. 

Richardson, a Sarah Lawrence College graduate, is widely published and has taught and lectured nationally and internationally on African-American cultural and intellectual history. And as she pointed out, she is one of only a few African Americans doing serious art history research. I definitely want to give credit where credit is due.

I’d like to thank Marilyn Richardson for reaching out to me via Tumblr!

Tags: art history Edmonia Lewis Marilyn Richardson African American Art

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April 04, 2013
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blackcontemporaryart: Two cheers for the Nasher Museum at Duke University! Visit their site linked below: African American Close-Up The works of art featured here are part of a group studied in the Fall 2012 Art History course at Duke University taught by Professor Richard Powell entitled Modern and Contemporary African American Art. This course examined the social and philosophical forces shaping a black presence in contemporary and modern visual culture. Because the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University is the repository for, or is in close proximity to, many important works of art by and about African Americans, it was decided that rather than requiring a conventional term paper, students might benefit more from conducting original research on works of art they could see in person. To showcase this student-generated scholarship this online exhibition was created. African American Close-Up: Prints, Photographs and Works on Paper from North Carolina Collectionsgratefully acknowledges the support from the Ph.D. Lab in Digital Knowledge, John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute at Duke University. Image: Arthur P. Bedou, (1880 – 1966), Booker T. Washington & Party, Daytona, Fla., 1913.  Gelatin silver print. North Carolina Mutual Insurance Company archives, Durham, NC. Provided by the North Carolina Mutual Collection, held by North Carolina Central University and Duke University.

blackcontemporaryart:

Two cheers for the Nasher Museum at Duke University! Visit their site linked below:

African American Close-Up

The works of art featured here are part of a group studied in the Fall 2012 Art History course at Duke University taught by Professor Richard Powell entitled Modern and Contemporary African American Art. This course examined the social and philosophical forces shaping a black presence in contemporary and modern visual culture.
Because the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University is the repository for, or is in close proximity to, many important works of art by and about African Americans, it was decided that rather than requiring a conventional term paper, students might benefit more from conducting original research on works of art they could see in person. To showcase this student-generated scholarship this online exhibition was created.
African American Close-Up: Prints, Photographs and Works on Paper from North Carolina Collectionsgratefully acknowledges the support from the Ph.D. Lab in Digital Knowledge, John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute at Duke University.
Image: Arthur P. Bedou, (1880 – 1966), Booker T. Washington & Party, Daytona, Fla., 1913.  Gelatin silver print. North Carolina Mutual Insurance Company archives, Durham, NC. Provided by the North Carolina Mutual Collection, held by North Carolina Central University and Duke University.

Tags: African American Art Duke University Nasher Museum

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April 20, 2011
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Sculptor Augusta Savage (1892-1962)

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October 11, 2010
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Tarbaby vs. St. Sebastian by Michael Richards (1999), NC Museum of Art Two years after he completed this work, Richards was killed when a plane hit the south tower of the World Trade Center. His studio was on the 92nd floor. He was 38 years old.

Tarbaby vs. St. Sebastian by Michael Richards (1999), NC Museum of Art

Two years after he completed this work, Richards was killed when a plane hit the south tower of the World Trade Center. His studio was on the 92nd floor. He was 38 years old.

Tags: African American Art NC Museum of Art