I am myself: Early works by Bob Thompson and Friends
Oct 23, 2024 - Dec 07, 2024
A Black artist working in a white art world in Jim Crow America during the late 1950s and early 1960s, Bob Thompson stood out. He is often cast as an outsider, but Thompson was, in fact, 鈥減art of a larger group of figurative expressionist painters of the late 1950s with whom he worked, played, and exhibited鈥� in Provincetown and New York City. Emilio Cruz, Jay Milder, Mimi Gross, Red Grooms, and Bill Barrell were young like Thompson and experimenting with imagery and techniques as they sought their individual paths. Older artists Gandy Brodie, Lester Johnson, Robert Beauchamp, and the paintings of deceased Jan M眉ller affirmed and aided the younger ones on their creative journeys. They attest to Thompson鈥檚 unique persona, which set him apart from the group, and was rooted in his charisma, humor, and deep feeling; his natural artistic gifts; and his passions propelled by his supranatural energy.
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A Black artist working in a white art world in Jim Crow America during the late 1950s and early 1960s, Bob Thompson stood out. He is often cast as an outsider, but Thompson was, in fact, 鈥減art of a larger group of figurative expressionist painters of the late 1950s with whom he worked, played, and exhibited鈥� in Provincetown and New York City. Emilio Cruz, Jay Milder, Mimi Gross, Red Grooms, and Bill Barrell were young like Thompson and experimenting with imagery and techniques as they sought their individual paths. Older artists Gandy Brodie, Lester Johnson, Robert Beauchamp, and the paintings of deceased Jan M眉ller affirmed and aided the younger ones on their creative journeys. They attest to Thompson鈥檚 unique persona, which set him apart from the group, and was rooted in his charisma, humor, and deep feeling; his natural artistic gifts; and his passions propelled by his supranatural energy.
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I am Myself: Early Works by Bob Thompson and Friends at Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects gathers works by a group of artists who Thompson first met in Provincetown, Massachusetts, in the summer of 1958.
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