#normanlewis

[harvardfineartslib]

For the start of Black History Month, we’ve got books on legendary Black artists, such as Bill Traylor, Romare Bearden, Jacob Lawrence, Charles White, Elizabeth Catlett, Alma Thomas, Betye Saar, Norman Lewis, and more! Titles are listed below.

Romare Bearden : idea to realization / essay by Sarah E. Lewis ; [descriptive texts, Ralph Sessions]. HOLLIS Number: 990129015530203941

Charles White : a retrospective / edited by Sarah Kelly Oehler and Esther Adler ; with essays by Esther Adler [and five others] ; and a preface by Kerry James Marshall. HOLLIS Number: 99153718620103941

Betye Saar : Black girl's window / Esther Adler and Christophe Cherix. HOLLIS Number: 99153808481003941

Bill Traylor: drawings from the collections of the High Museum of Art and the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts / essays by Margaret Lynne Ausfeld, Susan Mitchell Crawley, Leslie H. Paisley, Fred Barron, Jeffrey Wolf. HOLLIS Number: 990133200900203941

Between worlds : the art of Bill Traylor / Leslie Umberger ; with an introduction by Kerry James Marshall. HOLLIS Number: 99153740609503941

Procession : the art of Norman Lewis / edited by Ruth Fine ; with contributions by David Acton [and five others]. HOLLIS Number: 990145245230203941

Alma Thomas / editors, Ian Berry and Lauren Haynes. HOLLIS Number: 990148627750203941

Jacob Lawrence : the complete prints (1963-2000) : a catalogue raisonné / Peter T. Nesbett ; with an essay by Patricia Hills. HOLLIS Number: 990088103850203941

The art of William Edmondson / with essays by Robert Farris Thompson ... [et al.]. HOLLIS Number: 990084316060203941

Elizabeth Catlett : an American artist in Mexico / Melanie Anne Herzog. HOLLIS Number: 990083796950203941

[aic-american]

Multitudes, Norman Lewis, 1946, Art Institute of Chicago: American Art

Among avant-garde painters in New York in the 1940s, Norman Lewis took a unique stance toward the possibility of addressing social concerns through abstraction. The only black artist active in the New York School, he pushed the limits of non-representational art by incorporating forms evocative of the energy of American cities. In Multitudes, Lewis brought together aspects of Abstract Expressionism’s two dominant languages—gestural mark making and Color Field painting—by layering tight and rapid calligraphy atop a soft ground of pulsating color. Although the work avoids overt representation, the title alludes to the United States’ struggles and potential after World War II. With reference to lines from Walt Whitman’s 1892 poem “Song of Myself,” Lewis commented on his own time and the productive complications his socially engaged abstraction brought to American painting at this moment: “Do I contradict myself? / Very well then I contradict myself, / (I am large, I contain multitudes.).” Kate S. Buckingham Endowment Fund; Director's Discretionary Acquisition Fund; Eloise W. Martin Legacy Endowment Fund Size: 99.7 × 67.3 cm (39 1/4 × 26 1/2 in.) Medium: Oil on canvas

https://www.artic.edu/artworks/257131/

[marcolikestowatch]

Norman Lewis

[bm-american-art]

Poll Tax, Norman Lewis, ca. 1938, Brooklyn Museum: American Art

Size: Sheet: 18 x 10 3/4 in. (45.7 x 27.3 cm) Image: 11 1/4 x 8 in. (28.6 x 20.3 cm) Medium: Lithograph on cream wove Rives paper

https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/154693

[bm-contemporary-art]

Some to See, Some to Guess, Norman Lewis, 1959, Brooklyn Museum: Contemporary Art

Size: Sheet: 17 3/4 x 24 1/8 in. (45.1 x 61.3 cm) Medium: Ink and watercolor washes on wove paper

https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/153523

[billhodgesgallery]

Bill Hodges Gallery is pleased to present three booths in this year’s Hamptons Virtual Art Fair, September 2 to September 7. Our largest booth is previewed here and is titled, “African American Artists. It features 22 works by important African American artists including Sam Gilliam, Mickalene Thomas, Adam Pendleton and Lorna Simpson. Of particular interest is Sam Gilliam’s Renaissance I, a large-scale collage that layers various materials into a chaotic yet alluring three-dimensional sculptural painting. Upon exploring the booth you will find a range of works from intimate portraits to large abstract works that demonstrates the breadth of the gallery’s collection. ~ Sam Gilliam (b. 1933) Renaissance I, 1986 crylic, Enamel, Aluminum and Canvas Construction on Wood (in two parts) 75 x 90 x 7 in. Norman Lewis (1909 - 1979) Exodus, 1972 Oil on Canvas 72 x 88 1/2 in. Adam Pendleton (b. 1984) The Excited Verison (Reading Samuel R. Delany in No Particular Order), 2008 Silkscreen on Canvas 70 1/4 x 48 1/2 in. Richard Mayhew (1924 - ) Portrait Of A Young Man, ca. 1950s Oil on Canvas 24 1/8 x 18 1/8 in. Beauford Delaney (1901 – 1979) Untitled , 1963 Pastel on Paper 12 3/4 x 19 7/8 in. ~ #billhodgesgallery #gallery #nycgallery #artgallery #africanamericanartist #supportminorityartists #supportthearts #artworld #billhodges #billhodgesgallery #africanamerican #africanamericanart #blackartist #blackartists #africanamericanartists #blackexcellence #americanmaster #masterartist #samgilliam #normanlewis #adampendleton #mickalenethomas #lornasimpson #virtualexhibition #hamptonsvirtualartfair #artfair https://www.instagram.com/p/CEudgdeg1nZ/?igshid=vke1gja1rs1h

[tinashalaraye]

they don’t wear glasses in heaven || a poem They don’t wear glasses in heaven…
there’s no need
To be in the presence of the King 
is to eternally see
Revelation is the illumination
every cornea dreams
every iris receives
every pupil needs…truth Corny as it may seem
the cornea feeds on Light 
chews on it with optic nerve ivories
then digests it in the intellectual belly that births dreams To be without Light is to not eat
and without Light no one can see
So, here we are hungry and blind and confused in identity
Standing in line to get fitted for glasses
as if the cure is in the good we heap
See, they don’t wear glasses in heaven…
there’s no need
20/20 world vision is inferior
to divine revelation for eternity step into Light 
and see — Painting: Norman Lewis, Self-Portrait, 1939 #vision #revelation #perspective #heaven #normanlewis #tinashalarayepoetry 
https://www.instagram.com/p/B64rb_InY5t/?igshid=1sn5xg97strew

[kwesiabbensettsgallery]

If you are in Miami this weekend, please come visit our opening reception for “An Experience of Color: Landscapes & Legacies,” an exhibition at @spaniermanmodernmiami curated by @___niama___ in the @miamidesigndistrict this Friday from 6 to 8 p.m.! “An Experience of Color” -Nov 18 -- Jan 5-showcases seven artists whose lived experiences span from the mid-Twentieth century to the contemporary moment! Featuring the work of #KwesiAbbensetts, #FrankBowling, #MorelDoucet, #HerbertGentry, #NormanLewis, #SamMiddleton & #BobThompson, these tableaus invoke locales from Harlem to Haiti and beyond, with each artist working through stretching color into into a medium that can express the specificities of their memories, and hopes for a future. #artmiami #contemporaryart #curatorlife #spaniermanmodern #kwesiabbensetts #frankbowling #moreldoucet #herbgentry #normanlewis #sammiddleton #bobthompson #modernmasters #abstraction #blackdiaspora #miamiartweek (at Spanierman Modern Miami) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bqx1MIBBnUF/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1xun5cczg7sxv

[aconitum-napellus]

A pretty line up in a charity shop in Carlisle. [Image description: colour Instagram close up photo of the spines of various hard backed books on a shelf.] #charityshopfind #books #reading #hardbacks #paperback #ernesthemingway #HenryJames #ericlinklater #JohnVerney #normanlewis #garrettmattingly #booksofinstagram #imagedescription https://www.instagram.com/p/BnJN-EAjECx/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1t3d6h5fvcayk

[shabazzy75]

Uncovering the missing pages of art history: The life and art of Norman Lewis

Join this interactive conversation with artists and art educator, Ya’qub Shabazz to cover one of the Harlem Renaissance’s most dynamic artists, Norman Lewis has been grossly under-appreciated and in this webinar we will explore the life and times of a legendary expressionist painter. We will also explore ideas and develop fresh perspectives around how fine art is appreciated, interpreted, and created with a fresh, and soulful flare that is rarely found in academic discussions about art history.

[ninocorvinisblog]

#normanlewis https://www.instagram.com/p/CSNg57KlD2n/?utm_medium=tumblr

[moma-prints]

Carnaval from Impressions: Our World, Volume I, Norman Lewis, 1974, MoMA: Drawings and Prints

Purchase Size: plate: 19 13/16 × 12 3/16" (50.4 × 31 cm); sheet: 30 1/16 × 22 1/4" (76.3 × 56.5 cm) Medium: Etching and aquatint with embossing from a portfolio of seven etchings (five with aquatint, two with embossing)

http://www.moma.org/collection/works/172392

[aic-american]

Multitudes, Norman Lewis, 1946, Art Institute of Chicago: American Art

Among avant-garde painters in New York in the 1940s, Norman Lewis took a unique stance toward the possibility of addressing social concerns through abstraction. The only black artist active in the New York School, he pushed the limits of non-representational art by incorporating forms evocative of the energy of American cities. In Multitudes, Lewis brought together aspects of Abstract Expressionism’s two dominant languages—gestural mark making and Color Field painting—by layering tight and rapid calligraphy atop a soft ground of pulsating color. Although the work avoids overt representation, the title alludes to the United States’ struggles and potential after World War II. With reference to lines from Walt Whitman’s 1892 poem “Song of Myself,” Lewis commented on his own time and the productive complications his socially engaged abstraction brought to American painting at this moment: “Do I contradict myself? / Very well then I contradict myself, / (I am large, I contain multitudes.).” Kate S. Buckingham Endowment Fund; Director's Discretionary Acquisition Fund; Eloise W. Martin Legacy Endowment Fund Size: 99.7 × 67.3 cm (39 1/4 × 26 1/2 in.) Medium: Oil on canvas

https://www.artic.edu/artworks/257131/

[artsology]

Detail of “Conversation (Two Abstract Heads),” 1945, by Norman Lewis. #drawing #abstractart #twoheads #normanlewis (at Ogden Museum of Southern Art)

[artbookdap]

We are thrilled to announce that two books that we are very proud to have published under the D.A.P. imprint have been selected by the @nytbooks Holiday Gift Guide as "Coffee-Table Books to Give (and Get) This Season!"⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Thanks to @laurenchristensen for selecting:⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ @younggiftedblackart 'A New Generation of Artists: The Lumpkin-Boccuzzi Family Collection of Contemporary Art,' based on the collection of @bernardlumpkin and edited by @sirsargent who co-curated with @complicatedobjects ⁠⠀ Additional text by @grahamboettcher @teacherbell @conniehchoi @grahamrecently @loh33 @jamillahjames @thomaslax #HallieRingle #AdezeWilford @gordonwilkins & @thelmagolden⁠⠀⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ 'Lynette Yiadom-Boakye: Fly In League With The Night,' co-published with @tate and edited with text by @isabella_maidment & @ahschlieker ⁠⠀ Additional text by @alexanderlizzy & @lynetteyiadomboakye⁠⠀⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Read more via linkinbio and in our next two posts!⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ #younggiftedblackart #lynetteyiadomboakye #flyinleaguwiththenight #holidaygift #holidagiftbook #blackarttoday @pendleton.adam @alexbradleycohen @alexjacksonartist @allisonjanaehamilton @alteroncegumby @happypuddle @arcmanoro @bethanyjoycollins @brennayoungblood @throatcoatcam @c.chronicles @cequarles @clifford_vo @dangelolovellwilliams #DavidHammons @dawoudbey #DeanaLawson @fordjourstudio @derrickadamsny @chambersdominic #EllenGallagher @ernatmack @geraldsheffieldii @glennligon @chinatowntaylor @hugomccloudstudio @jacolbysatt @jaysonmusson #JenniferPacker @jonathanlyndonchase @jordanmcasteel @kara_walker_official @kathiast.hilaire @achinkle05 @kerryjamesmarshs @kevinmbeasley #LaToyaRubyFrazier @leonardodrewstudio @lornasimpson @lyleashtonharris @lynetteyiadomboakye #MarkBradford @darthgibson @mickalenethomas @therealnarcissister @theundergroundmuseum #NormanLewis @pagmi @pmp2021 Pope.L, @rashidjohnson @sable_elyse @sadiebarnette @slevijones @tomashi_ashi @troymichie @tunjiaj @vaughnspann @stacylynnwaddell #AndyRobert #CaitlinCherry #CyGavin #JasperMarsalis #LaurenHalsey #WilmerWilson⁠⠀⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Special thanks to @hannahgottliebgraham & @vajiajia https://www.instagram.com/p/CIV0_G2Jbpd/?igshid=1aaod78a7eust

[tinashalaraye]

they don’t wear glasses in heaven || a poem They don’t wear glasses in heaven…
there’s no need
To be in the presence of the King 
is to eternally see
Revelation is the illumination
every cornea dreams
every iris receives
every pupil needs…truth
Corny as it may seem
the cornea feeds on Light 
chews on it with optic nerve ivories
then digests it in the intellectual belly that births dreams To be without Light is to not eat
and without Light no one can see
So, here we are hungry and blind and confused in identity
Standing in line to get fitted for glasses
as if the cure is in the good we heap
See, they don’t wear glasses in heaven…
there’s no need
20/20 world vision is inferior
to divine revelation for eternity step into Light 
and see —
Painting: Self Portrait by Norman Lewis #vision #newyear #heaven #revelation #tinashalarayepoetry #normanlewis 
https://www.instagram.com/p/B64qxzxHhkd/?igshid=1ex5wmshinfkk