What Carried Us Over: Gifts from Gordon W. Bailey

What Carried Us Over: Gifts from Gordon W. Bailey features selections from gifts made by Gordon W. Bailey, a Los Angeles–based collector, scholar, and advocate, who has donated 60 artworks to Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) since 2016

Of the 28 artists represented in Bailey’s gift, all but two are new additions to PAMM collection.​

Few of these artists received formal instruction. Most overcame hardship, particularly those living in the Deep South during the Jim Crow era. Still, in spite of the challenges before them, as the title of this inclusive exhibition confirms, they have been carried over by their respective commitments to their unique practices, creating inspiring works in a variety of media such as drawing, painting, and sculpture.

Artists:

Leroy Almon

Eddie Arning

David Choe

William Dawson

Thornton Dial Sr.

Sam Doyle

Minnie Evans

Roy Ferdinand

Dilmus Hall

Lonnie Holley

Clementine Hunter

Harry Lieberman

Mario Mesa

Sister Gertrude Morgan

Daniel Pressley

Sulton Rogers

O. L. Samuels

Welmon Sharlhorne

Herbert Singleton

Jimmy Lee Sudduth

Mose Tolliver

Rev. Albert Wagner

Willie White

Jane “In Vain” Winkelman

Purvis Young