 | David C. Driskell's 2002 work "Dancing Angel," was created at A/P, Stovall's Workshop Inc., Washington, D.C. |
Religious images by African-American artists that portray “biblical teachings, the hallowed bodies, the celebrations
and sorrows, the politics and poets, [and] the grief and gratitude” are
featured in a new exhibition at the Institute of Sacred Music (ISM).
T H I S
‘Visual Exegesis’ features artistic interpretations of biblical
texts
The exhibit, titled “Visual Exegesis: Religious Images by African-American
Artists from the Jean and Robert E. Steele Art Collection,” will be on
view April 2-25. It is a collaboration between ISM and the David C. Driskell
Center at the University of Maryland, College Park, and has been organized
in conjunction with the Yale conference “Middle Passage Conversations
on Black Religion in the African Diaspora.” (See story.)
There will be an opening reception on Friday, April 4, at 6 p.m. at ISM, 409
Prospect St. Both the reception and the exhibition are free and open to the
public.
The works on view offer artistic interpretation and elaboration of biblical
text, religious tradition and ritual practice “to represent the everyday
and truly extraordinary in human experience and identity,” according
to the show’s curators, Dorit Yaron and Jean and Robert Steele.
Among the nearly 40 works on display
are Jacob Lawrence’s visual sermon “And God Created the Day and
the Night and Put Stars in the Sky,” which reiterates divine creation;
Annette Fortt’s “Grandmother of the Bride,” which illustrates
familial history, ancestral presence and personal strength from her seat in
the pew; John Biggers’ “Family Ark” and Michael Harris’ “Mother
and the Presence of Myth” — both of which deal with the theme of
generational ritual connection across time and space; Margo Humphrey’s “The
Last Barbecue,” a twist on the iconic “Last Supper” through
the perspective of American racial politics; and works by David Driskell, Faith
Ringgold and Grace Matthews, Jefferson Pinder, Valerie Maynard and Allan Crite.
Exhibition viewing hours are 9 a.m.-4 p.m. on weekdays. More information is
available on the ISM website at www.yale.edu/ism or by calling (203) 432-3220.
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