Sentences with phrase «other black artists pulled»
In 1971, when it came to light that the Whitney show didn't involve any black curators (or «black art specialists»)-- a point that the Black Emergency Cultural Coalition had insisted on — Gilliam and 14 other black artists pulled out of the 75 - artist survey in protest.
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In 1971, Gilliam pulled out of an exhibition of work by black artists at the Whitney Museum of American Art because, as he wrote in a letter signed by six other artists also protesting, the show represented «the worst form of tokenism without any regard for our real qualities.»
Isabel Nolan and Jaki Irvine participate in PULL BITE RALLY, an exhibition and parallel events series to mark the Black Church Print Studio «Process» project, with other artists including Brian Fay, Damien Flood, Jesse Jones and Sarah Pierce.