Mapping Resistance: The Legacy of Black Liberation (1925-1975): KAVI GUPTA | WASHINGTON BLVD. FL. 1
Kavi Gupta presents Mapping Resistance: The Legacy of Black Liberation (1925-1975), a major survey exhibition exploring fifty years of Black liberation movements and cultural production. The exhibition is presented in multiple installments, with the second installment running through June, 2026; and extending the dialogue into the present through the inclusion of contemporary works that reflect the enduring impact of these histories.
Spanning five decades featuring works by Gerald Williams, Wadsworth Jarrell, Jae Jarrell, Sherman Beck, Jeff Donaldson, Omar Lama, Ernie Barnes, photographic works from the Kavi Gupta | Archives by James P. Ball, James Van Der Zee, and Carl Van Vechten, print material by Emory Douglas alongside other historic ephemera.
This exhibition traces a lineage of artists whose practices assert the power of image-making as both cultural archive and radical form. Moving across photography, painting, and print, the presentation reveals an intergenerational continuum of aesthetic innovation and social consciousness, each work a testament to the artists’ role in shaping and preserving the visual language of Black life and furthering Black liberation.
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Ernie BarnesUntitled, c. 1971-1975Oil on canvas39 x 46 1/2 in
(99.1 x 118.1 cm) -
Wadsworth JarrellRevolutionary, 1972Screenprint printed in color on white wove paper33 x 26 in
83 x 66 cmEdition of 300 + 18 APs + 17 Color Trial Proofs -
Omar LamaFertility Doll, c. 1970Watercolor and ink on illustration board38 x 20 in
96.5 x 50.8 cm -
Jeff DonaldsonVictory in the Valley of Eshu, 1971Screenprint on wove paper40 x 30 in
101.6 x 76.2 cm -
Gerald WilliamsUntitled (Black Day Coming Uhuru), 1972Mixed media drawing on paper20 x 26 in
50.8 x 66 cm -
Gerald WilliamsBig Payback, Get Ready., 1975Color screenprint on red wove paper23 x 16 in
58.4 x 40.6 cm -
Gerald WilliamsSoweto, 1978Print33 x 26 x 1 in
83.8 x 66 x 2.5 cm -
Gerald WilliamsEmerge, 1974Hand-blocked screenprint on paperApprox. 16 x 12 in
40.6 x 30.5 cmEdition of 10 -
Gerald WilliamsI Am Somebody, 1969Acrylic on canvas48 x 48 in
121.9 x 121.9 cm -
Sherman BeckThen & Now, 1972/2015Oil on canvas -Africobra
(Only remaining 1970's Civil Rights Era work)36 x 24 in
91.4 x 61 cm -
Gerald WilliamsFamily , 1976Acrylic on canvas51 x 34 x 1 1/2 in
129.5 x 86.4 x 3.8 cm -
Richard HuntTubing Form, Number 10, 1962Welded copper with a marble base14 x 18 x 8 in
35.6 x 45.7 x 20.3 cm -
Richard HuntUntitled, ca. 1972Bronze, with artist made base11 x 6 x 6 in
27.9 x 15.2 x 15.2 cm -
Ovid P. AdamsBlack Illustrated Drama Komics - Mini Magazine Co. presents The Advantures of Black Eldridge the Panther, 1970Comic Book/Zine
San Francisco, CA -
Communist Part of So. California"Watts" Upsurge: A Communist Apprasial, 1965Booklet
Los Angeles, CA -
Frank CieciorkaAll Power to the People: The Story of the Black Panther Party, 1970Booklet
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James E. JacksonThe Meaning of Black Power, 1966Booklet
Introduction by Henry Winston
New York, NY -
Huey P. NewtonThe Genius of Huey P. Newton - Minister of Defense, Black Panther Party, 1968Booklet
San Francisco, CA -
Huey P. NewtonEssays from the Minister of Defense, 1968Booklet
March 1, 1968 -
Huey P. NewtonHuey P. Newton Talks to the Movement, 1968Pamphlet
San Francisco, CA -
UnknownFrom Soledad to San Quentin, 1972Booklet
