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
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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
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