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Jacob Lawrence: An Intimate Portrait - Currently Unavailable
Traces the career of African American
artist Jacob Lawrence (1917-2000) from Harlem, New York, in the 1930s
to his present life in Seattle, Washington, where he is Professor Emeritus
at the University of Washington. Lawrence talks about life in the hub
of black American culture (Harlem of the 1930s), the Schomburg Collection
of black historical and art historical materials, his choice of subject
matter--which includes such African American leaders as Harriet Tubman
and Frederick Douglass, his teaching, his 1962 cultural exchange visit
to Africa, and his beliefs about life and art. Also interviews his wife
Gwendolyn Knight; Barbara Thomas, artist and former student of Lawrence;
Samella Lewis, art historian and artist; Howard N. Fox, curator of contemporary
art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; and Keith Mason, performance
artist and member of the Hittite Empire Theatre Ensemble. Shows various
works by Lawrence, including the Hiroshima series (1983), Genesis series,
Harriet Tubman pictures for a children's book, and several works depicting
builders and building. Produced to accompany the 1993 exhibition "Jacob
Lawrence: The Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman Series of Narrative
Paintings" at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, which was organized
by the Hampton University Museum in Hampton, Virginia.Curator's Comments: Useful introduction to the artist and his wife, who are both articulate and strong camera presences. Shows a representative sampling of Lawrence's works, but does not go into much depth. DATE: 1993 COUNTRY: United States CREDITS: PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: TOPICS:
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