Jacob Lawrence: The Migration Series
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| Rating | : | 4.57 (613 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 087070964X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 192 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-12-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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Bennett, Jr. Woodruff Professor of English and Creative Writing at Emory University, GA. She is also the winner of the National Book Award for Poetry (2009).Crystal Williams is the Associate Vice President and Chief Diversity Office and Professor of the English Department at Bates College, ME.Kevin Young is the Atticus Haygood Professor of English and Curator of the Raymond Danowski Poetry Collectio
In 1941, Jacob Lawrence, then just 23 years old, completed a series of 60 small tempera paintings with text captions about the Great Migration, the mass movement of black Americans from the rural South to the urban North that began in 1915–16. This catalogue grounds Lawrence's Migration Series in the cultural and political debates that shaped the young artist's work and highlights its continued resonance for artists and writers today. An essay by Leah Dickerman situates the series within contemporary discussions about black history and an artist's social responsiblities in the late 1930s and early 1940s. Within months of its making, the Migration Series was divided between The Museum of Modern Art (even-numbered panels) and the Phillips Memorial Gallery (odd-numbered panels). In 2015 and 2016, the panels will be reunited in exhibitions at The Museum of Modern Art (One-Way Ticket: Jacob Lawrence's Migration Series and Other Works) and at The Phillips Collection (Jacob Lawrence's Migration Series). Elsa Smithgall traces the acquisition and exhibition history of the Migration Series. Short commentaries on each panel explore Lawrence's career and technique, and the social history of the Migration. The catalogue al
Beautiful and moving Its a great companion to seeing the series in gallery.. "A View of Jacob Lawrence" according to JGB. I have Jacob Lawrence prints in my home and was delighted to have a collection of them in two formats: hardback and paperback. The books were especially important, because my grandchildren were coming to visit and have always been intrigued by the pictures. I gave the paperback to them to take home. The colors and representations captivate them. My grandson loves the story of John Henry who had been introduced to him by his father and quickly identified the pictures in the books that he could associate with John Henry. My granddaughter wants to be an artist someday, and so spends a great deal of her time drawin. "A great book on a great topic" according to Frederick Levy. This is a wonderful series of paintings on the Great Migration of African-Americans who moved from the old Confederacy to the north and west in enormous numbers between 1915 and 1965. The full series is seldom seen as a whole and this book, with excellent reproductions, is a great way to do so. It could usefully be read in conjunction with "The Warmth of Other Suns" by Isabel Wilkerson.
Quotations from Lawrence himself are particularly meaningful. The text includes essays by various historians who relate the series to the time period and supply critical material about the painter's work. From School Library Journal YA-Full-color, full-page reprints of the 60 dramatic paintings of Lawrence's "Migration Series" fill half the pages of this catalog for the traveling exhibition. Beautifully printed and illustrated, the book will be useful for art classes or YAs interested in black history.Linda Sudduth, W.T. . Woodson High School, Fairfax, VACopyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. Excellent black-and-white reproductions illustrate the historical and cultural part of the book and include a portrait of the artist