Sentences with phrase «bicentennial series»

In 1975, the High Museum of Art in Atlanta presented four subseries from The Bicentennial Series; the exhibition traveled to the Herbert F. Johnson Museum, Cornell University, in Ithaca, NY and the National Center of Afro - American Artists in Boston.

In 2016 - 17, Michael Rosenfeld Gallery presented Benny Andrews: The Bicentennial Series, which included the paintings and drawings for the six individual subseries that make up the whole body of work — Symbols, Trash, Circle, Sexism, War, and Utopia.

In 1970, Andrews began working on the Bicentennial Series as a response to the national celebrations planned for the bicentennial of the Declaration of Independence.

To coincide with the presidential election, Michael Rosenfeld Gallery presents «Benny Andrews: The Bicentennial Series» — the gallery's second solo exhibition featuring the work of Benny Andrews (American, 1930 - 2006).

Michael Rosenfeld Gallery presents «Benny Andrews: The Bicentennial Series» Special Live Performance by Mantana Roberts on Saturday, November 12, 2016 from 4 to 6 p.m.

And in a sense he expressed those perspectives some 40 years ago in six thematic groups of impassioned works that he titled «The Bicentennial Series,» selections from which are on view together, for the first time, at Michael Rosenfeld Gallery.

Between 1970 and 1975, Benny Andrews created six monumental paintings as part of his Bicentennial series in response to official United State Bicentennial plans to be carried out in 1976.

In the rear of the gallery, one entire wall is filled by the monumental «Circle (The Bicentennial Series)» (1973) by Benny Andrews, a huge, searing indictment of racism in America.

In his essay, McDaniels writes:» «The Bicentennial Series» provided Andrews a unique opportunity to examine America as he saw it.

In 1975, the High Museum of Art in Atlanta presented four subseries from «The Bicentennial Series;» the exhibition traveled to the Herbert F. Johnson Museum in Ithaca, NY and the National Center of Afro - American Artists in Boston.

In 1971, The Studio Museum in Harlem presented the first works completed of «The Bicentennial Series.»

And he basically expressed those views some 40 years ago in six fantastically caustic groups of paintings and drawings called «The Bicentennial Series,»... Truly art for now.»

Award - winning composer, saxophonist, and mixed - media practitioner Matana Roberts performed at the Benny Andrews exhibition, The Bicentennial Series, at Michael Rosenfeld Gallery.

1970 - 1976 continued Between 1970 - 1975, Andrews creates his Bicentennial Series, a six - year cycle in which each year is dedicated to the production of one monumental painting.

Benny Andrews began conceptualizing the Bicentennial Series in 1969, a time when the artist himself was deeply committed to political activism.

Two Bicentennial Series masterworks to be exhibited in 2018 Andrews» Bicentennial Series was a six year project, begun in 1970 in anticipation of the American bicentennial of 1976.

New York Times Reviews «The Bicentennial Series» at Michael Rosenfeld Gallery By Holland Cotter November 25, 2016

In the lead - up to the 1976 celebrations for America's 200th birthday, Andrews launched a Bicentennial Series.

Hyperallergic Features Benny Andrews in Review of Collage: Made in America at Michael Rosenfeld By Melissa Stern «In the rear of the gallery, one entire wall is filled by the monumental «Circle (The Bicentennial Series)» (1973) by Benny Andrews, a huge, searing indictment of racism in America.

This page is dedicated to one of his earliest and longest, The Bicentennial Series, which was a six year cycle, begun in 1970 in anticipation of the American bicentennial of 1976.

Painted on the eve of the American bicentennial, George Washington Carver Crossing the Delaware: Page from an American History Textbook shares with Benny Andrews's Bicentennial Series an urgent desire to explore and critique the representations of black people that were embedded in US national history.

Benny Andrews (1930 - 2006) Circle (The Bicentennial Series), 1973 oil on twelve linen canvases with painted fabric and mixed media collage 120» x 288»

Benny Andrews: The Bicentennial Series @ Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, NYC Nov. 8, 2016 - Jan.

Not exact matches

This condition is one factor behind the steady decay of purpose and the decline in identity among mainline denominations: The second volume of the United Methodist Church's «Into Our Third Century» series argues that the denomination's most pressing need as it approaches its bicentennial in 1984 is «to develop a clear sense of purpose and identity for its life and work.»

Special bicentennial events are planned through the summer, including Water Music, a series of concerts by the Albany Symphony Orchestra along the canal from Sunday through July 8.

He plans the series as a preemptive response to what he rightly assumes will be the exclusion of African American history and identity in the upcoming celebrations for the 1976 American Bicentennial.