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Perspective on the Past
Selections from the Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art
Jan 11 - Mar 10, 2024
Barbara Crawford Gallery
Springside Chestnut Hill Academy
500 West Willow Grove Ave | Philadelphia, PA
CLOSING RECEPTION:
Sun, March 10, 1:30 - 3:00 pm
"The Emancipation Approximation (Scene 18), 1999-2000 screenprint, 44” x 34”
"Four Years in the White House Flag," 2019-2021 acrylic on linen, 96” x 60”
"200 Years," 2008 lithograph, 26” x 18”
"Grandfather's Watch," 2004 mixed media collage and acrylic, 36” x 24”
"Albert and Elbert Howard," 2014 clay and steel, 49” x 42” x 27”
"Say Our Names, 2020 limited edition print, 36” x 24”
"Sojourner Truth: I’ll Keep You Scratchin', 1964 lithograph, 29” x 20.5”
"Deeply Embedded / Thoroughly Rooted," 2016 photographic montage, 20” x 16”
"A Prophet Comes," 1974-75 oil on board, 42” x 32”
"Afro Abe," 2010 $5 bill and peacock feathers, 4” x 6”
"All Men Are Created Equal" from "Declaration of Freedom and Independence" portfolio, 2009 Series of six screenprints, 15” x 22.5” each
"Taxes On Us Without Our Consent" from "Declaration of Freedom and Independence" portfolio, 2009 Series of six screenprints, 15” x 22.5” each
"And Women?" from "Declaration of Freedom and Independence" portfolio, 2009 Series of six screenprints, 15” x 22.5” each
"We Have Appealed To Their Native Justice and Magnanimity" from "Declaration of Freedom and Independence" portfolio, 2009 Series of six screenprints, 15” x 22.5” each
"As Free and Independent States" from "Declaration of Freedom and Independence" portfolio, 2009 Series of six screenprints, 15” x 22.5” each
"No World," 2010 from "An Unpeopled Land in Uncharted Waters," etching with aquatint 30.25” x 39.5”
"Confrontation at the Bridge," 1975 screenprint, 19.5” x 26”
"mattoon 4," 2001 mixed media, 19.75” x 25.25”
"Sacred Space XIV" 2012 mixed media construction, 9” x 8” x 3”
"Sacred Space X" 2012 mixed media construction, 9” x 8” x 3”
"Sacred Space V" 2005 mixed media construction, 9” x 8” x 3”
Perspective on the Past brings together over 20 works by 14 internationally recognized artists of African descent that address significant moments and concepts in the American past. Artists engage the past not only as it has appeared in the written historical record, but also as it has been experienced, through both personal and cultural memories that extend back to recent and distant generations. Focusing on figures and events from the national, private, and ancestral pasts, the works in this exhibition re-consider familiar accounts in American history and prioritize lesser-known narratives, expanding the limits of conventional perspectives on the past.
Calvin Burnett
Syd Carpenter
Tawny Chatmon
Sonya Clark
Jacob Lawrence
June Edmonds
Walter Edmonds
Allan Edmunds
Martina Johnson-Allen
Delita Martin
Debra Priestly
Faith Ringgold
Kara Walker
Richard J. Watson
All selections in Perspective on the Past are drawn from the Petrucci Family Foundation (PFF) Collection of African American Art, a non-profit educational organization based in New Jersey. This collection consists of over 500 stellar works of art from the late 19th century to the present with an emphasis on contemporary artists. By visually representing a cross-section of themes that speak not only to the African American community but also to the broader American community, the PFF Collection enacts its mission to bring focus to the full range of African American visual creativity and its essential place in the history and discourse of American art.