By Sydney Melson
The Birmingham Times
Zachary Montgomery, a Birmingham resident who recently moved to the Highland Park area, heard about iconic artist Jacob Lawrence through visiting museums and reading magazines, but didn’t know a lot about his paintings or what he stood for.
He got a chance to learned more about one of America’s most renowned modernist painters in a new exhibit “Jacob Lawrence: The American Struggle” which opened last month at the Birmingham Museum of Art (BMA) and shines a light on one of America’s most renowned modernist painters.
The captivating “Jacob Lawrence: The American Struggle ”collection features Lawrence’s multi-paneled series, which was painted between 1954 and 1956 and presents his reinterpretation and reimagining of key moments from American history in a way that highlights the often-overlooked contributions of people of color and women.