Many years ago - about 1975 if not earlier - the Rice Institute for the Arts in Houston, Texas did an exhibit and a publication on the portrayal of blacks in Western art from Greek and Roman times through the 20th century. I believe that the project was supported by the Menil Foundation. You should be able to locate that publication through Rice University. Lonn Taylor [log in to unmask] ----- Original Message ----- From: "lorettalorance" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 7:04 PM Subject: Re: Looking for artworks that include blacks. > 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 > > > > ========================================================= > > Important Subscriber Information: > > > > The Museum-L FAQ file is located at > http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed > information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message > to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" > (without the quotes). > > > > If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to > [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff > Museum-L" (without the quotes). > > > > --------------------------------------------- > Introducing NetZero Long Distance > 1st month Free! > Sign up today at: www.netzerolongdistance.com > > ========================================================= > Important Subscriber Information: > > The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). > > If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes). > ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).