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From Then to Now: Masterworks of Contemporary African American Art

by Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland

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Dawoud Bey's descriptions of his photographs 02:31
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Dexter Davis talks about his artwork 03:06
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Glen Ligon's style and aesthetic 01:30
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John Moore's description of 'Mirrors and Eyes' 02:32
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Kara Walker's aesthetics and inspirations 03:33
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Leonardo Drew's inspirations and aesthetics 03:17
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Bradley McCallum and Jacqueline Tarry's description of works from 'Evidence of Things not Seen' 03:26
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Sa Main Charmante by Rene Green 03:28
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Willie Cole's descriptions of his works in 'From Then to Now' 01:52
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'Within our Gates' by Bradley McCallum and Jacqueline Tarry 03:43

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Unprecedented in Northeast Ohio, this exhibition brought together for the first time the rich holdings of contemporary African American art drawn from pre-eminent institutional collections of contemporary art in this region. "From Then to Now: Masterworks of Contemporary African American Art" represented many of the most important artists of our time in a range of media including works on paper, painting, sculpture, and installation art. The exhibition began with signature works by such pioneering artists of the 1970s and 1980s as Romare Bearden, Alma Thomas, and Sam Gilliam, and continued up to the present with prime examples of works by artists such as Leonardo Drew, Alison Saar, Willie Cole, Lorna Simpson, Carrie Mae Weems, and Kehinde Wiley. Replete with energy, power, uncanny beauty and probing insight, this exhibition presented an overview of the rich cultural heritage voiced by some of the most important African American artists of our time. Other artists included in this exhibition wereRadcliff Bailey, Dawoud Bey, Chakaia Booker, Dexter Davis, Renee Green, Trenton Doyle Hancock, Mark Howard, Richard Hunt, Rashid Johnson, Al Loving, Glenn Ligon, Kerry James Marshall, Bradley McCallum & Jacqueline Terry, John Moore, Adam Pendleton, Faith Ringgold, and Kara Walker. This exhibition was assembled from the collections of the Allen Memorial Art Museum, Akron Art Museum, Cleveland Clinic, The Cleveland Museum of Art, and Progressive Corporation. "From Then to Now" was curated by Margo A. Crutchfield and was generously underwritten by An Anonymous Donor, PNC, American Greetings, Toby Devan Lewis, with support from Dominion, and Medical Mutual of Ohio.

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released January 29, 2010

Kehinde Wiley, "Passing/Posing", 2003, Acrylic on Paper, 72 x 65 x 3 inches. Image courtesy of the Progressive Corporation Art Collection. ©Kehinde Wiley

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