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AUGUST 7 - OCTOBER 3, 1999
NORMAN LEWIS
Black Paintings, 1946-1977
Supported by Key Bank
Composed of 46 paintings and works on paper, NORMAN LEWIS: Black Paintings, 1946-1977 focuses on the African-American Abstract-Expressionist painter Norman Lewis (1909-1979). Abstract Expressionism evolved during the 1940s in New York City as a purely American style that embraced concepts of personal expression, spontaneity and a desire to go beyond time-honored artistic traditions. Like his contemporaries-Franz Kline, Willem de Kooning, Robert Motherwell and Jackson Pollock-Lewis explored the color black in its symbolic, metaphorical and formal uses. This exhibition was organized by The Studio Museum in Harlem (New York City, NY).