Magical Visions

Wednesday, May 16 at 12:00pm to 5:00pm show more dates

Event runs from February 1 to June 30

Mechanical Hall, Gallery Mechanical Hall, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19711, USA

Guest-curated by Keith Morrison, Magical Visions assembles work by ten important artists whose art provides cross-generational and cross-media dialogues within and beyond African American art. The artists are Terry Adkins, Sonya Clark, Melvin Edwards, Sam Gilliam, Barkley Hendricks, Kalup Linzy, Odili Odita, Karyn Olivier, Faith Ringgold and William T. Williams. Each artist brings national and international eminence and plays a critical role in the evolution of art by African Americans.

Working in variety of media, encompassing painting, performance, photography, printmaking, sculpture, quilts and video, these artists--whose works range over the last 40 years and often point to African and African American perspectives--have added new dimensions to international art. As Morrison notes, each represented artist has pioneered imagery that defies tradition through visual systems that are formally elusive, hence the title "Magical Visions."

Magical Visions coincides with the 40th anniversary of the University of Delaware's Black American Studies program and the 35th anniversary of the Center for Black Culture.

Keith Morrison is an artist, art critic, curator. He is professor of art at Tyler School of Art, Temple University, in Philadelphia