Black History Month, Benny Andrews
Posted by: vrc in News and Updates, Recent Acquisitions
As part of Black History Month, we have added new images from the Benny Andrews Collection in the Jen Library Archives and Special Collections. Benny Andrews was born in Madison, Georgia in 1930. He is known for his elongated figures and use of collage in his paintings. His work includes images of spirituality and depictions of Southern and African American life.
Benny Andrews was also the co-founder of the Black Emergency Cultural Coalition (B.E.C.C.), which was originally formed to protest against the the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s exhibition, “Harlem on My Mind,” in 1969. The B.E.C.C. also contacted the Whitney to do survey of black artists. To read more about this event, read Time Magazine’s article In a Black Bind, Monday, April 12, 1971.
A sample of his work.
The Star, 1996, oil and collage on canvas.
Cemetery, 1965, ink on paper from the Sid Deutsch Gallery. New York, New York.
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March 11th, 2008 at 3:06 pm
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