The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism: A Creative Convening

[splinky]

Took the kid and she found it thrilling. She had so much to say about artists styles and loads of questions about the history. Seeing art through a kid's eyes is just the best!

[bloviatrix]

I absolutely loved the show. Definitely not to be missed.

[Wilfrid]

I went Sunday. A major show. Telling how many of the artists I had not known. William H. Johnson (I did know) makes a huge impact in this context.

I had noticed how many pictures were on loan from Howard University. When I was in a room dedicated to Aaron Douglas’s fine myth-scale paintings I knew I had seen them before. But where? Looking close I saw that a bunch of them were owned by Fisk University in Nashville and of course I saw that work in Cravath Hall with my daughter some years ago.

I don’t want to be a spoiler so at the end of the show you walk into a room featuring one work by an artist who really can’t be pulled into a Harlem Renaissance categorization (chronologically) but it is not a disappointment. 

[bloviatrix]

I was mesmerized by Douglas's technique. His use of shading and the faint background imagery was masterful.

[Wilfrid]

So beautiful.

[voyager]

Just stumbled over this exhibit via PBS.   Wow!   Wish I could be there.

[MitchW]

Finally get up here today, cause I like to wait until a show's final week, for some inane reason.

[Wilfrid]

I managed to get there twice. Hopefully it was less slammed in the last week.

[AaronS]

it was very crowded yesterday

[MitchW]

Yeah, it was pretty crowded today.  And great.

Also, I hadn't yet been in the the newly renovated/opened European galleries - showing the art off so beautifully.

[bloviatrix]

The kid actually learned all about Romare Bearden's The Block (the collage that closes out the exhibition) in his school art class this year. I thought that was very cool.

Edited July 26, 2024 by bloviatrix

[MitchW]

11 hours ago, bloviatrix said:

The kid actually learned all about Romare Bearden's The Block (the collage that closes out the exhibition) in his school art class this year. I thought that was very cool.

An amazing work of art for sure.

[splinky]

14 hours ago, bloviatrix said:

The kid actually learned all about Romare Bearden's The Block (the collage that closes out the exhibition) in his school art class this year. I thought that was very cool.

wasn't that a lovely surprise at the end

[Wilfrid]

Yes, totally unexpected.