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Tue, 29 Oct 2002 09:23:47 -0500
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>Thank you very much. I'll check into it.



>There was a little exhibition at the Caribbean Cultural Center in NYC this
>summer that dealt with blacks in history. I'm not sure if this would be of
>help to you. It was entitled "Forgotten Worlds: Lost Chapters in Global
>Black History." It featured the work of Christian Rogers and Scott Neumann.
>You look up the Center on the web but I don't have the URL. The telephone
>number is 212-307-7420.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Kathleen Goncharov" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 2:58 PM
>Subject: Looking for artworks that include blacks.
>
>
>>  Fred Wilson will represent the U.S. in the Venice Biennale in June,
>>  2003. Fred "animates" history by using paintings,furniture,
>>  decorative arts, etc., often juxtaposing these objects with audio or
>>  video. Some of you will know his "Mining the Museum" project for the
>>  Maryland Historical Society. For the Venice exhibition we a seeking
>>  to borrow paintings and/or other appropriate objects that are or look
>>  like they were painted in Europe from the 15th-18th Century and have
>>  black figures somewhere in them. Blacks do not have to the main
>>  subject of the work. We understand the difficulty in borrowing such
>>  works because of time constraints and the location and nature of the
>>  exhibition but we are not looking for masterworks and they do not
>>  have to be in perfect condition. If you have knowledge of such works
>>  we'd appreciate it if you would contact us.
>>
>>  Thank you.
>>
>>  Kathleen Goncharov
>>  U.S. Commissioner to the 50th Venice Biennale
>>  --
>>
>>
>>  Kathleen Goncharov
>>  Public Art Curator
>>  MIT List Visual Arts Center
>>  Wiesner Building, E15-109
>>  Cambridge, MA 02139
>>  Tel:  617.253.9478
>>  Fax: 617.258.7265
>>
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Kathleen Goncharov
Public Art Curator
MIT List Visual Arts Center
Wiesner Building, E15-109
Cambridge, MA 02139
Tel:  617.253.9478
Fax: 617.258.7265

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