"To Be Young, Gifted and Black in the Age of Obama" Exhibition
Kentler International Drawing Space
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"To Be Young, Gifted and Black in the Age of Obama" is an art exhibition featuring new drawings by eight African American visual artists responding to writings from the Black Arts Movement of the late 1960s. Curator Camille Ann Brewer asked the artists, all born after the early 1970s, to read selected writings from the Black Arts Movement (BAM), the artistic branch of the Black Power movement, and create drawings in response to the readings. Given the rich history of BAM that defined cultural aesthetics in many art forms during a specific time period in American history, what does it mean for African American artists who were not born during the time of the BAM, to be young, gifted and black in the age of an Obama presidency? The artists explore the question.
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Schedule
from September 07, 2012 to October 21, 2012
CURATOR'S TALK: Sunday, September 23, 4pm
Opening Reception on 2012-09-07 from 18:00 to 20:00