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Promises Of Freedom : Selections From The Arthur Primas Collection

19 Apr, 2012 - 02 Sep, 2012
This exhibition showcases 73 of the 600 works of art covering 150 years in the personal collection of Arthur Primas. Inckuded are paintings, sculptures and works paper, with an early piece going back to 1802-03 and the Haitian Revolution. Other important work on the show has been crafted by Edward Bannister, Hale Woodruff, Aaron Douglas, Beauford Delaney, Chrles Alston and Richmond Barthe. Many of the asrtist exhibited carried forward the leagcy of the Harlem Renaissance, including Romare Bearden, Jacob Lawrence, John Biggers, Elizabeth Catlett, Hughie Lee-Smith, Bob Thompson, Richard Mayhew and Bennie Andrews. 


There are a number of extremely rare and significant artworks by Charles White and other artists who blossomed during the Civil Rights period like Robert Colescott, Brian Collier, and Howardena PIndell. Black artist have long struggled for inclusion in society's marketplace of art. Until recently, art history curriculumns and literature did not give adequate recognition to African American artist. We applaud Arthur Primas ofr acknowledging their significant creativity, achievements and contribution to the history of American Art.


This exhibition showcases 73 of the 600 works of art covering 150 years in the personal collection of Arthur Primas. Inckuded are paintings, sculptures and works paper, with an early piece going back to 1802-03 and the Haitian Revolution. Other important work on the show has been crafted by Edward Bannister, Hale Woodruff, Aaron Douglas, Beauford Delaney, Chrles Alston and Richmond Barthe. Many of the asrtist exhibited carried forward the leagcy of the Harlem Renaissance, including Romare Bearden, Jacob Lawrence, John Biggers, Elizabeth Catlett, Hughie Lee-Smith, Bob Thompson, Richard Mayhew and Bennie Andrews. 


There are a number of extremely rare and significant artworks by Charles White and other artists who blossomed during the Civil Rights period like Robert Colescott, Brian Collier, and Howardena PIndell. Black artist have long struggled for inclusion in society's marketplace of art. Until recently, art history curriculumns and literature did not give adequate recognition to African American artist. We applaud Arthur Primas ofr acknowledging their significant creativity, achievements and contribution to the history of American Art.


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