Black Is the Color: African-American Artists and Segregation (2016)
Black Is the Color highlights key moments in the history of Black visual art, from Edmonds Lewis’s 1867 sculpture Forever Free, to the work of contemporary artists such as Whitfield Lovell, Kerry James Marshall, Ellen Gallagher, and Jean-Michel Basquiat. Art historians and gallery owners place the works in context, setting them against the larger social contexts of Jim Crow, WWI, the civil rights movement and the racism of the Reagan era, while contemporary artists discuss individual works by their forerunners and their ongoing influence.
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Themes
Stone Age and Primitive Cave Painting Origins, Renaissance Art and Da Vinci Genius, The Renaissance: Birth of Art and Thought, Renaissance: Art and Intellectual Rebirth, Renaissance Genius: Art and Invention
Keywords
artist, racism, art, educational, contemporary art, art history, harlem renaissance, art exhibition, american art, jim crow laws, african american history, african american art, african american studies, african american, american history
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- What is Black Is the Color: African-American Artists and Segregation about?
- Black Is the Color highlights key moments in the history of Black visual art, from Edmonds Lewis’s 1867 sculpture Forever Free, to the work of contemporary artists such as Whitfield Lovell, Kerry James Marshall, Ellen Gallagher, and Jean-Michel Basquiat. Art historians and gallery owners place the works in context, setting them against the larger social contexts of Jim Crow, WWI, the civil rights movement and the racism of the Reagan era, while contemporary artists discuss individual works by their forerunners and their ongoing influence.
- Who directed Black Is the Color: African-American Artists and Segregation?
- Black Is the Color: African-American Artists and Segregation was directed by Jacques Goldstein.
- Who stars in Black Is the Color: African-American Artists and Segregation?
- Black Is the Color: African-American Artists and Segregation stars Whitfield Lovell, Kerry James Marshall, Ellen Gallagher, Richard Powell, Robert O'Meally, Michael Rosenfeld.
- How long is Black Is the Color: African-American Artists and Segregation?
- Black Is the Color: African-American Artists and Segregation has a runtime of 52m (52 minutes).
- What genre is Black Is the Color: African-American Artists and Segregation?
- Black Is the Color: African-American Artists and Segregation is a Documentary, History film.
- Where was Black Is the Color: African-American Artists and Segregation produced?
- Black Is the Color: African-American Artists and Segregation was produced in France.
- What are the themes of Black Is the Color: African-American Artists and Segregation?
- The themes of Black Is the Color: African-American Artists and Segregation include: Stone Age and Primitive Cave Painting Origins, Renaissance Art and Da Vinci Genius, The Renaissance: Birth of Art and Thought, Renaissance: Art and Intellectual Rebirth, Renaissance Genius: Art and Invention.