It s an all-star lineup of artists names, from Faith Ringgold and Howardena Pindell to Emma Amos, Romare Bearden, Jacob Lawrence, Willie Cole, Bettye Saar, Joyce Scott. 59 in total! These are among the best of the best of contemporary artists, who just happen to be Black. And who just happen to be in the collection of the Montclair Art Museum.
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by Antonia Gabassi
BERLIN
.- Theres an interesting story behind the curation of the latest exhibition at the Galerie Kornfeld, in the resurgent City West region of the German capital. The show is called The Day I Never Met You, and it is a billed as being a conversation between the contemporary British artist Alexander Adams, and the late Georgian painter Natela Iankoshvili, whose estate is represented by the gallery. On first viewing one might assume that the painters were chosen because of their differences, rather than their similarities. Adams has renounced colour, painting in black, white and many shades of grey. Iankoshvili who died in 2007 loved applying broad brush-stokes of vibrant greens, yellows and blues on black-primed canvases. But when you look closely into the art and the artists, the similarities abound. Both apply themselves to landscapes and . More