October 16 - December 24, 2009

JACOB LAWRENCE AND THE URBAN EXPERIENCE
SELECTED PRINTS 1963-2000

The Arthur Ross Gallery will present a comprehensive survey of Jacob Lawrence Prints, 1963-2000. A renowned 20th-century African-American painter/printmaker, Lawrence's self-defined style of "dynamic cubism" was primarily influenced by his life growing up in Harlem. The New York Times (June 9, 2000) called Lawrence "one of America's leading figurative painters" and "among the most impassioned visual chroniclers of the African American experience."

This selection of prints will focus specifically on aspects of urban life. Prints are courtesy of the DC Moore Gallery, New York.

Please click on the link below to see a short video.
The curator of the exhibition and Associate Director, Dejay Duckett, was interviewed by 6abc News!
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/video?id=7094141

Jacob Lawrence Article

New York in Transit I, 1998 Silkscreen, AP 5/5 20 x 40 1/8 inches Courtesy DC Moore Gallery Copyright The Jacob and Gwendolyn Lawrence Foundation, Seattle/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

New York in Transit II, 1998 Silkscreen, AP 5/5 20 x 40 1/8 inches Courtesy DC Moore Gallery Copyright The Jacob and Gwendolyn Lawrence Foundation, Seattle/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

The Studio, 1966, Lithograph, HC 30 x 22 1/8 inches Courtesy DC Moore Gallery Copyright The Jacob and Gwendolyn Lawrence Foundation, Seattle/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

The Swearing In, 1977, Silkscreen, AP 14/20 20x 30 inches Courtesy DC Moore Gallery Copyright The Jacob and Gwendolyn Lawrence Foundation, Seattle/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York