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Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition Services presents "Romare Bearden: A Black Odyssey"at the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art February 5- April 28, 2013
Circe Turns A Companion of Odysseus into Swine, 1977 This exhibition of 49 original collages, watercolors, and drawings is a visionary retelling of Homer’s story of Odysseus. With characteristic audacity, Bearden cast all the characters in this ancient Greek saga—whether gods or mortals, villains or heroes—as Black. The artist’s unique images draw upon many visual traditions, ranging from bold, stylized forms adapted from the French painter Henri Matisse to the visceral, sculptural forms of West African masks. Throughout the series Bearden explores the universal themes of journeying home, reuniting with loved ones, overcoming obstacles, and the quest for knowledge. Memphis Brooks Museum of Art 1934 Poplar Avenue for more information about the tour: HERE
____________________ Now through February 27th view:A Selection of Graphic Worksat the Puffin Foundation Curated by the Romare Bearden Foundation
The Puffin Foundation 20 Puffin Way, Teaneck, NJ 07666 for more information: HERE
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Our traveling exhibition Has Ended From Process to Print:Graphics Works by Romare Bearden The Train, 1975 hand colored etching Focusing in depth on his graphic oeuvre, From Process to Print offered the unique opportunity to examine Bearden's printmaking process as he worked and re-worked familiar images and themes. Consisting of over 75 works, the exhibition included both series and individual prints in varied print mediums; collages and photomontages that inspired some of the prints and plates; and matrixes that demonstrate the processes behind the touring works. Considering Bearden's approach to printmaking as influenced by his collaborations with master printmakers, From Process to Print brought to light the key themes and motifs (trains, family life, rituals, urban scenes, jazz and mythology) and their role in the expansion of Bearden's artistic imagination. During its 3-year run this exhibition toured to 10 institutions: Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, ME Reginald F. Lewis, of Maryland African American History and Culture, Baltimore, MD Austin Museum of Art, Austin,TX Museum of the African Diaspora, San Francisco, CA August Wilson Center, Pittsburgh, PA Nelson Atkins Museum, Kansas City, MO The Taft Museum, Cincinatti, OH Price Tower Arts Center, Bartlesville, OK The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, NY The exhibition was accompanied by a major publication with essays by art historians and master printmakers who worked with the artist. http://www.pomegranate.com/a165.html The tour of this exhibition was managed by Landau Traveling Exhibitions of Los Angeles, California. For the exhibition website click here http://www.a-r-t.com/bearden/ ______________
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From the Mint Museum... Southern Recollections(Ended) Carolina Morning, 1974 Ended The Newark Museum May 23 through August 19, 2012 Works assembled from public and private collections highlighst Bearden’s mastery of collage as well as his development of narrative and thematic explorations of his native South. This exhibition, originating in Charlotte is now in Tampa and will travel to the Newark Museum. The tour coincides with the centennial of Bearden’s birth and will examine how the South served as a source of inspiration throughout his career (a theme that has not been previously explored). Through visual recollections of his experiences in the South, Bearden meticulously recorded the ritual forms, or the “collective beliefs,” that imbue his works with archetypal significance. These visual metaphors hold in perfect balance the literal and the symbolic; with them he celebrated and eulogized a lost way of life and the feelings and values associated with the past. Among the large thematic groupings will be selections from The Prevalence of Ritual series, which includes many works referring to Bearden’s childhood home in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. For the exhibition website click here http://www.newarkmuseum.org ____________________ Ended Jazz at Lincoln Center And The Romare Bearden Foundation present Paris Blues Revisited: Romare Bearden, Albert Murray, Sam Shaw
Panel discussion was on JANUARY 21, 20, with the exhibition curators; Edie Shaw, daughter of Sam Shaw; and Paul Devlin, writer and contributor to Albert Murray and the Aesthetic Imagination of a Nation (University of Alabama Press, 2010) Jazz at Lincoln Center Fifth Floor, Time Warner Building, Columbus Circle, NYC Jazz at Lincoln Center and the Romare Bearden Foundation are pleased to present this exhibition as part of the 100th anniversary celebration of Bearden's birth. Designed as a book-on-the-wall, Paris Blues Revisited presents fine reproductions of collages by Romare Bearden, writing by Albert Murray and photographs by Sam Shaw. Following the Shaw-produced film Paris Blues, these three men decided to improvise their own Paris Blues – a collaborative picture-and-writing book celebrating Paris as well as Duke Ellington, co-composer (with Billy Strayhorn) of the movie's soundtrack and Louis Armstrong, one of that movie's stars. That book was never completed. Here, for the first time, finished pages, some of them unmistakable masterworks, as well as works-in-progress make clear the power of jazz to inspire collaborations of long-lasting beauty. Paris Blues Revisited is curated by Robert G. O’Meally, C. Daniel Dawson and Diedra Harris Kelley, and designed by Florio Design. This exhibition is made possible by a generous gift from Janice and Bob Burns. Art© Romare Bearden Foundation/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY. Photos by Sam Shaw, © 1960-2011, Sam Shaw Inc., Courtesy of Shaw Family Archives Ltd. Special thanks to Albert Murray, Mozelle Murray, and Michele Murray. ____
Our traveling exhibition From Process to Print:Graphics Works by Romare Bearden The Train, 1975 hand colored etching Ended The Price Tower Arts Center May 18 , 2012 - September 2, 2012 Focusing in depth on his graphic oeuvre, From Process to Print offers the unique opportunity to examine Bearden's printmaking process as he worked and re-worked familiar images and themes. Consisting of over 75 works, the exhibition includes both series and individual prints in varied print mediums; collages and photomontages that inspired some of the prints and plates; and matrixes that demonstrate the processes behind the touring works. Considering Bearden's approach to printmaking as influenced by his collaborations with master printmakers, From Process to Print brings to light the key themes and motifs (trains, family life, rituals, urban scenes, jazz and mythology) and their role in the expansion of Bearden's artistic imagination. The exhibition is available for tour through 2012 and is accompanied by a major publication with essays by art historians and master printmakers who worked with the artist. The tour of this exhibition is managed by Landau Traveling Exhibitions of Los Angeles, California. For the exhibition website click here http://www.a-r-t.com/bearden/ ____ IN ATLANTA: 14 Modern Masters @ The High Museum of Art
Bearden included in Picasso to Warhol: 14 Modern Masters October 15, 2011 - April 29, 2012 Romare Bearden joins other legendary artists who redefined the very idea of art. With more than 100 world-famous works assembled exclusively for the High Museum from the collection of The Museum of Modern Art in New York. This exhibition presents approximately 100 works of art created by 14 of the most iconic artists from the 20th century: Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Constantin Brancusi, Piet Mondrian, Fernand Léger, Marcel Duchamp, Giorgio De Chirico, Joan Miró, Romare Bearden, Alexander Calder, Jackson Pollock, Louise Bourgeois, Jasper Johns and Andy Warhol. The exhibition will be one of the largest concentrations of modern art masterpieces to ever be exhibited in the southeastern United States. The High Museum of Art ____ The Bearden Project Exhibition |
