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April Issue 2007
Columbia Museum of Art in Columbia, SC, Offers Works by Jacob Lawrence
The
Columbia Museum of Art in Columbia, SC, provides a rare chance
to see work by one of the most prominent and respected African-American
artists of the 20th century, Jacob Lawrence, with the exhibition
of 17 panels from The Migration Series. As part of the
National Endowment for the Arts' American Masterpieces initiative
and on loan from The Phillips Collection in Washington, DC, the
paintings are on view from Apr. 14 through June 24, 2007, and
are accompanied by programming from the University of South Carolina's
Center for Southern African-American Music (CSAM). The presenting
sponsor for the Columbia exhibition is SCE&G.
Painted in 1941 the narrative 60-panel work, The Migration of the Negro - the series' original title - details the movement of African-Americans from the rural South to the urban North beginning in World War I, and makes this significant moment in history accessible to challenge, provoke and educate. The paintings, an influential body of work in the history of American art, underscore, from beginning to end, a story of conflict and hope, discrimination and community building - a journey that combines history, sociology and poetry through visual narrative.
The exhibition also highlights the vital educational role museums play in society's understanding of art and the broader world through events and programs for children and adults, as well as never before published interviews with the late artist and his wife, Gwendolyn Knight, who was also a painter and sculptor. The importance of the arts in the community was a cause important to Lawrence. According to Jay Gates, director of The Phillips Collection, "Lawrence often acknowledged that his experiences growing up in Harlem, including community-based art workshops and museum visits, were empowering, life-changing events that shaped him as a person and as an artist."
Contact the Museum to find out details about related programming being offered in conjunction with this exhibition.
For further information check our SC Institutional
Gallery listings, call the Museum at 803/799-2810 or visit (www.columbiamuseum.org).
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