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SIMBI, HAITI 1994 Acrylic on canvas
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Contemporary Works by African American Women Artists The Museum of Art is showing a powerful exhibition entitled "Bearing Witness: Contemporary Works by African American Women Artists" from September 7-October 10. In conjunction with the Museum of Art's exhibit, the library is pleased to display color photocopies from the Bearing Witness Exhibit Catalog of many of the artworks that are featured at the Museum of Art, as well as brief bios about the artists. Bearing Witness is a visual testimony to the variety, strength and vitality of art created by African American women during the 20th century. The WSU Museum of Art is the only Northwest venue to host this important exhibition, which features over 60 prints, drawings, mixed-media installations and sculptures by 24 prominent African American women artists. Bearing Witness draws from and expands upon the African American experience as it addresses the issues of history, ethnicity, gender, age, class, religion, sexual orientation, marginalization, and invisibility, topics which warrant examination by African American women in particular. Jontyle Robinson, Bearing Witness curator and Associate Professor of Art History, Spelman College, Atlanta, explains "these women and their works are powerful and provocative, capable of standing alone or with each other they. . . like the exhibition itself, are creative acts of resistance and empowerment."
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NORMA 1994 Gray marble with black grain |
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MARLON RIGGS: TONGUES UNTIED, A PAINTED STORY QUILT 1994 Acrylic on canvas with pieced and quilted fabric, fabric borders, and quotes given to Faith by Marlon Riggs |
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Barbara C. Riboud TANTRA 1993 Gold, bronze, silk and BOTTOM Charnelle Holloway FERTILITY BELT FOR THE CAREER WOMAN 1995 Repoussé akua ba doll, sterling silver, bronze, mixed media |
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