Object Details
- Scope and Contents note
- Contemporary Visual Expressions was a 1987 exhibition on Black American artists of the 20th century. It featured the work of Washington artists Sam Gilliam, Martha Jackson-Jarvis, and Keith Morrison, as well as guest artist William T. Williams of New York City. It was the inaugural exhibition in the gallery space in the new home of the Anacostia Museum and presented cultural dimensions found in abstract painting, symbolism within the Afro-Caribbean and Afro-American religious traditions in art, as well as three-dimensional works derived from folk and cultural customs that emerge from the Black Experience.
- Date
- 1987
- Extent
- 2.04 Linear feet
- 19 Video recordings (VHS, 1/2")
- 3 Sound recordings (audio cassette)
- 1 Sound recording (open reel, 1/4")
- 1 Video recording (U-matic, 3/4")
- Citation
- Contemporary Visual Expressions: The Art of Sam Gilliam, Martha Jackson-Jarvis, Keith Morrison, William T. Williams exhibition records, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution
- Type
- Collection descriptions
- Archival materials
- Video recordings
- Sound recordings
- Topic
- African American artists
- Museum exhibits
- Culture
- African American
- Identifier
- ACMA.03-012
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