Center for the Arts
Wesleyan University
283 Washington Terrace
Middletown, CT 06459
860-685-3355
cfa@wesleyan.edu
Black Pulp!
Tuesday September 19, 2017 - Sunday December 10, 2017Main Gallery, Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
283 Washington Terrace, Middletown, Connecticut
NEW Extended Gallery Hours: Tuesday, Noon–7pm
Wednesday–Sunday, Noon–5pm
FREE! Open to the public.
Closed Monday, November 20 through Monday, November 27, 2017
William Villalongo and Mark Thomas Gibson, Guest Curators
Ellen Gallagher (American, b.1965), "Abu Simbel," 2005. Photogravure, watercolor, colored pencil, varnish, pomade, plasticine, blue fur, gold leaf, and crystals. 24 ½ x 35 ½ inches (unframed). Published by Two Palms, New York, Edition: 25. © Ellen Gallagher. Courtesy Gagosian Gallery. Image © 2016 Ellen Gallagher.
Black Pulp! examines the evolving perspectives of black identity in American culture and history from 1912 to 2016 through rare historical printed media shown in dialogue with contemporary art. The exhibition highlights works by artists, graphic designers, writers, and publishers in formats ranging from little known comic books to covers for historic books and magazines, etchings, digital prints, drawings, and media-based works by an intergenerational selection of 21 of today’s leading artists from the black diaspora.
Black Pulp! is curated by William Villalongo and Mark Thomas Gibson. The exhibition tour is organized by International Print Center New York.
The exhibition at Wesleyan is co-sponsored by the Center for the Arts, Center for African American Studies and African American Studies Program.
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