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).
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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Gerald WilliamsPortrait Y, 1970Acrylic on linen24 x 18 in
61 x 45.7 cm -
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 canvas36 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
