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L’exposition  » Represent: 200 Years of African American Art  » présente une sélection des collections du Philadelphia Museum of art d’œuvres d’artistes afro-américain. Cette exposition s’accompagne de la publication d’un catalogue. Des artistes tels que Henry Ossawa Tanner, Horace Pippin, Jacob Lawrence, and Carrie Mae Weems sont représentés.

 » From compelling stories to innovative methods, Represent explores the evolving ways in which African American artists have expressed personal, political, and racial identity. It begins with rare examples of fine and decorative arts made in the 1800s by free and enslaved individuals such as a large storage jar by the accomplished potter David Drake. As access to artistic training and opportunities increased, the relationship between creative expression and identity grew more complex and nuanced. In the early twentieth century, artists like William Henry Johnson and Elizabeth Catlett embraced modernism by representing personal experiences or scenes of daily life in vibrant colors and dynamic compositions. (…)  » – Keep reading at http://www.philamuseum.org/exhibitions/815.html