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La Primavera<\/em> by Romare Bearden
44″x56″; various papers with fabric, paint, ink, and graphite on fiberboard; 1967. Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio Museum Purchase, Derby Fund from the Philip J. and Suzanne Schiller Collection of American Social Commentary Art 1930\u20131970. \u00a9 Romare Bearden Foundation \/ VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY. Courtesy American Federation of Arts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

COLLAGE ON VIEW<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Romare Bearden: Abstraction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

at the Gibbes Museum of Art in Charleston, South Carolina, USA
15 October 2021-9 January 2022<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

With some fifty-five paintings, works on paper and collages, “Romare Bearden: Abstraction” is the first exhibition to fully examine and contextualize the artist’s significant body of abstract work. Bearden’s extraordinary abstract watercolors, collages and stain paintings were executed mainly between his return to New York from Paris in 1950 and approximately 1964. The abstractions are striking in their variety and scale, with the artist freely employing diverse techniques to realize his unique vision and creating works ranging from under three inches tall to nearly six feet tall. Watercolors and oil paintings from the mid-1950s show his continued devotion to landscapes through abstraction. Large stain paintings–with marbleized effects, paint splatters launched from above the canvas or curving lines showing the influence of traditional Chinese calligraphy–are a high point and display his experimentation with unprimed canvas, a pursuit shared with other artists of the period. Created with segments cut from paintings and affixed to painted boards, the large collages are distinctive for their powerfully defined shapes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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River Mist<\/em> by Romare Bearden
54.25″x40.875″; oil on unprimed linen, and oil, casein, and colored pencil on canvas, cut, torn, and mounted on painted board; ca. 1962. Romare Bearden Foundation, Courtesy of DC Moore Gallery, New York. \u00a9 Romare Bearden Foundation \/ VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY. Courtesy American Federation of Arts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Some of Bearden’s abstractions have entered public and private collections. Many, however, have remained in storage since they were first exhibited in the 1950s, while others have never been shown until this exhibition. “Romare Bearden: Abstraction” sheds new light on this remarkable artist’s stylistic and technical production and contributes to the development of alternate storylines around the dominant narrative of post-war abstraction. The Gibbes’ exhibition includes pieces on loan from the Whitney Museum of American Art, The Museum of Modern Art, The Guggenheim Museum and the private collection of Walter O. Evans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The exhibition is curated by Tracy Fitzpatrick, Ph.D., Director of the Neuberger Museum of Art and Associate Professor of Art History at Purchase College, SUNY. She has written and taught widely on American art of the 20th century. Her exhibitions include “When Modern Was Contemporary: The Roy R. Neuberger Collection” (2014); “American People, Black Light: Faith Ringgold’s Paintings of the 1960s” (2010); and “Hannah Wilke: Gestures” (2009).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This exhibition is organized by the American Federation of Arts and the Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, SUNY. The national tour of of the exhibition is sponsored by Morgan Stanley. Additional support for the exhibition is provided by BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina, Liberty Hill Capital and Lynch Cracraft Wealth Management of Raymond James.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(text adapted from the museum’s press materials)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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COLLAGE ON VIEW Romare Bearden: Abstraction at the Gibbes Museum of Art in Charleston, South Carolina, USA15 October 2021-9 January 2022 With some fifty-five paintings, works on paper and collages, “Romare Bearden: Abstraction” is the first exhibition to fully examine…<\/p>\n

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