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| LIVING WITH ART: Modern
& Contemporary African American Art from collection of Alitash
Kebede is now being made available for circulation. It premiered at the
Museum of Texas Tech University in February 2003 and will continue to
tour through 2007.
The
exhibition presents a variety of works by many of the most important
African American artists from the modern and contemporary periods.
Norman Lewis, Charles Alston, Palmer Hayden and Lois Mailou Jones are
from the period of the Harlem Renaissance (1920s & 30s) while
artists Romare Bearden, Jacob Lawrence, Alma Thomas, Charles White, and
Elizabeth Catlett, are included in the group who were active during the
period of the WPA (1940s). Artists included in the contemporary period
are Herbert Gentry, Richard Mayhew,, Ed Clark, Mel Edwards, Al Loving,
Bill Hutson, Betye Saar and her daughters, Alison Saar and Lezley Saar,
and many others.
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| Alitash Kebede’s interest
in art began in her early teens when she first attended an exhibition
opening for the painter, Skunder Boghossian at Addis Ababa University
in her native Ethiopa. After attending college in the United States she
began to collect art and now owns more than 100 works. It is Kebede’s
love of |
Portrait
of Alitash, 1991
by Emilio Cruz |
art and
her desire to expose young people and others to the joy she has
experienced collecting and living with the art that has inspired her to
make her collection available for exhibition.
Included
are 75 works by 39 different artists. Didactic material including text
panels with an introductory text panel and detailed wall labels with
information about each artist.
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“The art collection of Alitash Kebede is both comprehensive
and impressive. The works offer viewers a variety of styles, subjects,
and media.”
Samella
Lewis, Ph.D.
Professor Emerita, Art History,
Scripps College, Claremount College, CA
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“Alitash Kebede's African American
art collection is one of the finest private collections in the US. This
well chosen collection ranges broadly and reflects some of the key
themes and styles of the artists' careers.”
Paul
Van Blum, Professor,
Center for African American Studies, UCLA
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List of Artists Included in
Exhibition
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Charles
Alston
Richmond Barthe
Romare
Bearden
Skunder Bhogossian
David Butler
Elizabeth Catlett
Nanette Carter
Ed Clark
Emilio Cruz
Mel Edwards
Herbert Gentry
Sam Gilliam
Maren Hassinger
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Palmer
Hayden
Riichard Hunt
Bill Hutson
Lois Mailou Jones
Gwendolyn Knight
Jacob Lawrence
Norman Lewis
Samella Lewis
James Little
Al Loving
Richard Mayhew
Tyrone Mitchell
Mary Lovelace O'Neal
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Alison Saar
Betye
Saar
Lezley Saar
Eve Sandler
Charles Searles
William Smith
Alma Thomas
Bob Thompson
Phyllis Thompson
Charles White
Richard
Wyatt
Richarde Yarde
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Installation Images from
Center for Contemporary Art
Colorado Springs, CO Fall
2003
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Installation Images from
Premiere Exhibition at
Museum of Texas Tech,
Lubbock, TX, February, 2003
Recently
Added to the Collection and Exhibition
Romare Bearden
WEDNESDAY EVENING
1986 watercolor/collage 14 x 11"
Tour Schedule
as of 1/21/07
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2003
1/1 -
3/31 - Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock TX
10/1
- 12/31 - Center For Contemporary Art, Univ. of Colorado,
Colorado Springs, CO
2004
1/ 23
- 2/29 - Pritchard Art Gallery, Univ. of Idaho, Moscow, ID
7/14
- 10/31 Smith Robertson Cultural Center, Jackson, MS
2006
1/19
- 3/19 Stark University Ctr. Galleries, Texas A & M University,
College
Station, TX
6/3
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8/27 Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, VA
2007
1/26
- 5/6 Shaw Center for the Arts, LSU Museum of Art, Baton Rouge, LA
5/31
- 9/2 California
African American Museum, Los Angeles, CA
10/8/07
- 2/31/08 -Bermuda National Gallery, Bermuda
2008 -
OPEN
3/21 - 9/15
10/1
- 12/31 reserved
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Exhibition Facts
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Contents:
Space Req:
Lecturers:
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Fee:
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Dates Avail.:
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75
works: paintings, mixed-media, works on paper, sculpture, introductory
text panels, artist labels
(additional
works available for larger spaces on request)
200 - 300 linear feet wall space approx. 2,000 - 3,000 sq. ft.
Please call
Price
on request
Exhibitor Responsible
Exhibitor Responsible
2003 - 2008
Jeffrey
Landau - Tel: 310-397-3098
E mail jlandau@a-r-t.com
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