exhibitions

Reproduces sixty-six works of African-American art from the Paul R. Jones collection, and includes ten essays in which contributors discuss collage and photomontage, discursive modernism, color, photography and printmaking, and other topics.

Catalogue published on the occasion of an exhibition held Aug. 18-Oct. 21, 1990, at the Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, Rochester, N.Y.; Nov. 17, 1990-Jan. 13, 1991 at the Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, Ill.; Feb. 8-May 27, 1991, at the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; and June 22-Sept. 2, 1991, at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Mass.

Offers a comprehensive overview of Aboriginal art and aesthetics, focusing on how they are integrated within the distinctive Aboriginal tradition.

Presents color reproductions of paintings, drawings, and sculptures by twenty-seven self-taught African-American artists from the Southern U.S., and includes essays that explore the themes and meaning of the work.

Showcases the work of ninety-four contemporary African-American photographers working in the post-World War II era.

Photographs and text help profile six colleges and universities that have the largest collections of African-American art and artifacts.