FLINT, MI (AAPNW) – Coming Saturday, January 14, 2023, “Expressions: Works on Paper by African American Artists” at the Flint Institute of Arts in the Graphics Gallery, artists frequently draw on their own experiences to create unique works of art, incorporating personal themes such as, identity and memory as well as aspects of the universal human experience.
Through styles that range from narrative and figurative to conceptual and abstract, the artists in this exhibition have explored these themes in various ways and include names such as, Renée Stout, Karsten Creightney, Tyree Guyton and Therman Statom.
The exhibition showcases artworks were created through traditional techniques, such as drawing, woodcut, lithography, screen printing and etching. Others have experimented with innovative materials and methods like vitreography and sculpturegraph, but despite their differences in method, all of these works can be seen as personal expressions of the artists who created them.
Coming Sunday, January 29, 2023, “Ways of Seeing: The Paul R. Jones Collection of American Art at The University of Alabama” includes one of the largest and most comprehensive collections of 20th century African American art in the world, amassed over decades by Paul Raymond Jones, who was described by Art & Antiques magazine as “one of the top art collectors in the country.”
Jones donated the 2,000-plus piece collection to the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Alabama in 2008. The collection includes art in a variety of media from more than 600 artists, including Emma Amos, Jack Whitten, Sam Gilliam, Howardena Pindell, Romare Bearden and Jacob Lawrence. These selections display the breadth and depth of the collection, showcasing artists working in a variety of materials and styles from the 1930s to the present day.
For current exhibitions and other programming, see www.flintarts.org or call 810.234.1695 or email info@flintarts.org.