Diaspora Stories: CCH Pounder Collection
The DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center is pleased to announce a new exhibition featuring paintings from the Collection of Emmy庐 award-nominated actress CCH Pounder. The exhibition 鈥淒iaspora Stories: Selections from the CCH Pounder Collection鈥� will open on March 18, 2023, and continue through July 16, 2023.
The exhibition which was curated especially for the DuSable Museum contains 24 works of art by world-renowned artists including Kehinde Wiley, Patricia Renee Thomas, Reginald Jackson, Robert Pruitt, Greg Breda, Ebony G. Patterson, and Mickalene Thomas, among others. Each item was curated and personally selected in collaboration with the DuSable and Ms. Pounder from her extensive collection specifically for 鈥淒iaspora Stories: Selections from the CCH Pounder Collection.鈥�
鈥溾�楧iaspora Stories,鈥� centers the imagery of Black people in quotidian narratives, portraiture, spirituality, and history. The exhibition is presented from the point of view of the collector. Pounder has collected hundreds of pieces by African and African Diasporic artists for over 45 years. The curated grouping of paintings highlights the early work of prominent midcareer artists such as Kehinde Wiley, Ebony G. Patterson and Mickalene Thomas, alongside emerging talents like Harmonia Rosales and Patricia Renee Thomas and seminal artists such as Betye Saar and the late Geoffrey Holder, 鈥渟aid Danny Dunson Director of Curatorial Services and Community Partnerships.
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The DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center is pleased to announce a new exhibition featuring paintings from the Collection of Emmy庐 award-nominated actress CCH Pounder. The exhibition 鈥淒iaspora Stories: Selections from the CCH Pounder Collection鈥� will open on March 18, 2023, and continue through July 16, 2023.
The exhibition which was curated especially for the DuSable Museum contains 24 works of art by world-renowned artists including Kehinde Wiley, Patricia Renee Thomas, Reginald Jackson, Robert Pruitt, Greg Breda, Ebony G. Patterson, and Mickalene Thomas, among others. Each item was curated and personally selected in collaboration with the DuSable and Ms. Pounder from her extensive collection specifically for 鈥淒iaspora Stories: Selections from the CCH Pounder Collection.鈥�
鈥溾�楧iaspora Stories,鈥� centers the imagery of Black people in quotidian narratives, portraiture, spirituality, and history. The exhibition is presented from the point of view of the collector. Pounder has collected hundreds of pieces by African and African Diasporic artists for over 45 years. The curated grouping of paintings highlights the early work of prominent midcareer artists such as Kehinde Wiley, Ebony G. Patterson and Mickalene Thomas, alongside emerging talents like Harmonia Rosales and Patricia Renee Thomas and seminal artists such as Betye Saar and the late Geoffrey Holder, 鈥渟aid Danny Dunson Director of Curatorial Services and Community Partnerships.
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