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Jim Cogswell: Meanwhile
Colorful and exciting, Cogswell's work originates in the figure; by the time the piece is completed the figure has merged into an abstract design.
Mon, Oct 12th to Fri, Dec 11th, Library
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WCC Home: Resources: Other Resources: Gallery One, WCC's Art Gallery
William H. Johnson: Searching for an African-American Idiom
February 25 - April 5, 2002
GalleryOne is pleased to announce that it will be presenting 20 prints by the Harlem Renaissance artist, William H. Johnson from February 25 through April 5.
After spending years abroad, Johnson (1901-1970) returned to the United States in 1938, intent on telling "the story of the Negro as he has existed" in the rural South and urban North. He began calling upon the spirituals and bible stories of his youth, as well as his neighborhood and its literary influence in order to create paintings that expressed various aspects of the African-American experience as well as the "spirit and flavor" of Harlem.
Johnson attempted and is credited with helping to create a distinctively African-American art. The flat and colorful work for which he is best known also helped to bring about the acceptance of Black subjects as a legitimate part of the Christian experience. The woodblock and silkscreen prints that will be on view are on loan from the Hampton University Museum.
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