Ljubica D. Popovich, «Popular
American Biblical Imagery: Sources and Manifestations,» in Phy, The Bible and Popular Culture, 209.
Not exact matches
Like the other great
American songwriters his poetic songs about politics, love and life are steeped in
biblical imagery and spiritual themes that weave beautifully through guitars, string sections and banjos in brilliantly earthy compositions.
Black
American politics is still largely inspired by religion and often led by clergy, usually of charismatic and evangelical bent; black political rhetoric can not be understood except in the context of
biblical thought and
imagery.
2013 Reflections: African
American Life from the Myrna Colley - Lee Collection, International Arts & Artists, Washington, DC; Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI Ashé to Amen: African -
Americans and
Biblical Imagery, Museum of
Biblical Art, New York, NY; Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African
American History & Culture; Dixon Gallery & Gardens, Memphis, TN Etched in Collective History, Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL
2012 African
American Art in the 20th Century, Smithsonian
American Art Museum, Washington, DC Tides of Provincetown: Pivotal Years in America's Oldest Continuous Art Colony (1899 - 2011), The New Britain Museum of
American Art, New Britain, CT; Westmoreland Museum of
American Art, Greensburg, PA; Cape Code Museum of Art, Dennis, MA Group Shoe, Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York, NY Tradition Redefined: The Larry and Brenda Thompson Collection of African
American Art, Rice University Art Gallery, Houston, TX Blues for Smoke, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA; Whitney Museum of
American Art, New York, NY; Wexner Center for the Arts, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH INsite / INchelsea: The Inaugural Exhibition, Michael Rosenfeld Gallery LLC, New York, NY Ashé to Amen: African -
Americans and
Biblical Imagery, Museum of
Biblical Art, New York, NY; Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African
American History & Culture; Dixon Gallery & Gardens, Memphis, TN
Horace Pippin was an esteemed artist known for his renderings of the African -
American experience, as well as
biblical and historical
imagery.
2013 INsite / INchelsea: The Inaugural Exhibition, Michael Rosenfeld Gallery LLC, New York, NY Ashé to Amen: African -
Americans and
Biblical Imagery, Museum of
Biblical Art, New York, NY; Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African
American History & Culture; Dixon Gallery & Gardens, Memphis, TN