Solidary & Solitary

The Joyner/Giuffrida Collection

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Aug 18 2018 - Dec 15 2018

This exhibition celebrates Modern and contemporary artists of African descent, many of whom were historically overlooked by collectors, critics, scholars, galleries, and museums.  A central theme is the power of abstract art as a profound political choice and as a declaration of freedom.  These artists not only resisted racist imagery, but, also, pressure to create positive representations of black Americans.

Ranging across 70 years, Solidary & Solitary reveals a rich and complex history woven from the threads of artistic debates about how to embody blackness; social struggle and change; migrations and the international African diaspora.

Credit: Exhibition overview from museum website.         

  • Various Media
  • American
  • Norman Lewis
  • and others

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