188 pages illustrations, portraits (chiefly color) 31 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Expositions
Exhibition catalogs
Date:
2020
20th century
20e siècle
Notes:
"Published on the occasion of the exhibition, Benny Andrews: Portraits, A Real Person Before the Eyes on view at Michael Rosenfeld Gallery from September 26, 2020 to December 5, 2020"--Page 188. The exhibition was extended through January 23, 2021
Contents:
In excess of realism, Benny Andrews' composites / Jessica Bell Brown -- Benny Andrews and a contemporary Black figurative tradition / Connie H. Choi -- Benny Andrews : collage/me / Kyle Williams -- About the Andrews-Humphrey Family Foundation -- Benny Andrews : portraits, a real person before the eyes [Plates] -- Benny Andrews (1930-2006) : chronology [pages 141-178] -- Benny Andrews (1930-2006) : selected public collections -- Checklist of the exhibition
Summary:
"Benny Andrews: Portraits, A Real Person Before the Eyes traces Andrews' commitment to portraiture throughout his career. Featuring new scholarship by Jessica Bell Brown, Associate Curator for Contemporary Art, The Baltimore Museum of Art; Connie H. Choi, Associate Curator, Permanent Collection, The Studio Museum in Harlem; and Kyle Williams, Director of the Andrews-Humphrey Family Foundation, this book includes an expanded artist chronology with never-before-published photographs that narrate the life and career of Benny Andrews"--Https://www.michaelrosenfeldart.com/publications/benny-andrews-portraits-a-real-person-before-the-eyes