Revealing the African Presence in Renaissance Europe: The Contemporary Response
September 27, 2012 – January 19, 2013
Eight artists influenced by works featured in the Walters Art Museums’ exhibition Revealing the African Presence in Renaissance Europe collate modern culture to interpret the role of Africans serving as diplomats, merchants, slaves, and rulers through an aesthetic rooted in black cultural history.
Featured Artist: Jules Arthur, Maya Freelon Asante, Nathaniel Donnett, Victor Ekpuk, Jeffrey Kent, Jamea Richmond-Edwards, Mario Andres Robinson and Amy Sherald
Chief Curator: Myrtis Bedolla, Founding Director, Galerie Myrtis; Co-Curator: Amy Morton, Owner, Morton Fine Art, and Exhibition Advisor: Joaneath Spicer, Ph.D., Curator of Renaissance and Baroque Art, Walters Art Museum.
Artwork
Jamea Richmond-Edwards, Wings Not Meant to Fly, 2012, mixed media collage, oil on canvas, 36in x 36in
Jamea Richmond-Edwards, The Venus: As I Stand, 2012, ink, acrylic, mixed media collage on mylar, 25in x 40in
Jamea Richmond-Edwards, It Could be a Sad Story,
2011, ink, acrylic and mixed media collage on mylar, 89in x 36in
2011, ink, acrylic and mixed media collage on mylar, 89in x 36in
Jamea Richmond-Edwards, Venus: If it Don’t Make Dollars, It Don’t Make Cents, 2012, ink, acrylic and mixed media collage on mylar, 40in x 25in
Maya Freelon Asante, Defy Definition, 2012, tissue ink mono/photo print, 12in x 7in
Nathaniel Donnett, Overshadowed, 2012, plastic, 86in x 44in
Maya Freelon Asante,Do You See What I See?, 2012, tissue ink mono/photo print, 30in x 40in
Jeffrey Kent, Black Mannequins: Perceptions of Africa Series #3, 2012, acrylic and collage on canvas, 29in x 29in
Maya Freelon Asante, Actual vs. Factual, 2012 tissue ink mono/photo print, 40in x 35in
Jeffrey Kent, African Presenza Risposta Contemporanea: Perceptions of Africa Series #1, 2012, collage, acrylic and gold leaf on canvas, 18in x 14in
Jeffrey Kent, Dry Countries: The Perceptions of Africa Series, #2, 2012, mixed media, acrylic, collage, oil stick on canvas, 30in x 24in
Amy Sherald, Grand Dame Queenie , 2012, oil on canvas, 54in x 43in
Amy Sherald, Welfare Queen, 2012, oil on canvas, 54in x 43in
Victor Ekpuk, ETHIOP, 2012, acrylic and steel on panel, 48in x 48in
Victor Ekpuk, Union of Pope Clement VII and Simonetta da Collevecchio, 2012, rhinestones, acrylic and colored glass on board, 42in x 72in
Nathaniel Donnett, Do You Want Moor?, 2012, conte, graphite, color pencil and gold leaf foil, plastic and paper bags, 85in x 50in
Nathaniel Donnett, Queen B and the B Stands for Been Signing My Own Check, 2012, conte, graphite color pencil, plastic and paper bags, 32in x 51in
Mario Andres Robinson, Mrs. Johnson, 2006, watercolor on paper, 15in x 15in
Mario Andres Robinson, Charlestine, 2006, watercolor on paper, 11in x 14in
Mario Andres Robinson, The Novelist, 2011, oil on panel, 11in x 14in
Jules Arthur, Gullah Dance of Freedom, 2012, oil on canvas and mixed media collage on wood, 40in x 30in