Mapping Resistance: The Legacy of Black Liberation (1925-1975) : KAVI GUPTA | WASHINGTON BLVD. FL. 1
Current and Forthcoming exhibition
Overview
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 archive by James P. Ball, James Van Der Zee, and Carl Van Vechten, print material by Emory Douglas along with 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.
Works
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Ernie BarnesUntitled, c. 1971-1975Oil on canvas39 x 46 1/2 in
99.1 x 118.1 cm -
Gerald WilliamsI Am Somebody, 1969Acrylic on canvas48 x 48 in
121.9 x 121.9 cm -
Sherman BeckThen & Now, 1972/2015Oil on canvas36 x 24 in
91.4 x 61 cm -
Gerald WilliamsPortrait Y, 1970Acrylic on linen24 x 18 in
61 x 45.7 cm -
Gerald WilliamsUntitled (Black Day Coming Uhuru), 1972Mixed media drawing on paper20 x 26 in
50.8 x 66 cm -
Gerald WilliamsFamily , 1976Acrylic on canvas51 x 34 x 1 1/2 in
129.5 x 86.4 x 3.8 cm -
Omar LamaFertility Doll, c. 1970Watercolor and ink on illustration board38 x 20 in
96.5 x 50.8 cm -
Gerald WilliamsSoweto, 1978Print33 x 26 x 1 in
83.8 x 66 x 2.5 cm -
Gerald WilliamsPower and the Will to Prevail, 1974Screenprint on paper22 x 30 in
55.9 x 76.2 cmEdition of 74, AP 5 of 5 -
Gerald WilliamsEmerge, 1974Hand-blocked screenprint on paperApprox. 16 x 12 in
40.6 x 30.5 cmEdition of 10 -
Gerald WilliamsBig Payback, Get Ready., 1975Color screenprint on red wove paper23 x 16 in
58.4 x 40.6 cm -
Jeff DonaldsonVictory in the Valley of Eshu, 1971Screenprint on wove paper40 x 30 in
101.6 x 76.2 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 -
Jae JarrellUrban Wall Vest, c. 1995Dyed and painted suedeVariable dimensions
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