Dykstra, Gretchen - Afro-American Images 1971: The Vision of Percy Ricks

Wilmington, Delaware Art Museum, 2021. Softcover. Matte softcover book with the title in black down a gray spine. Pages: (5), 6-187. Profusely illustrated with both color and black-and-white images. "Fifty years ago, Afro-American Images 1971 opened in the Wilmington Armory. The show was conceived by the newly formed Wilmington arts and humanities collective Aesthetic Dynamics, Inc. led by artist and educator Percy Ricks. They curated over 130 works of art by artists from Washington, DC to New York City. Many of those artworks are on view in this exhibition. Aesthetic Dynamics, Inc. and the Delaware Art Museum have collaborated to revisit Ricks' legacy and the momentous exhibition he created." Contents are as follows: Forewords / Molly Giordano and Dr. James E. Newton -- Lenders -- Acknowledgements / Arnold S. Hurtt and Margaret Winslow -- Introduction / Margaret Winslow -- To Wilmington's African American artists / Lula Cooper -- On Sam Gilliam, Untitled (c. 1971) / Bebe Coker -- On Simmie Knox, A Place Suspended (1970) / Marilyn P. Whittington -- The African American presence at the Delaware Art Museum / Simone Austin -- On Percy Eugene Ricks, Model and Still Life (1957) / Carl Vincent Williams -- On James A. Porter, Street of the Market, Zaria (1964) / Arnold S. Hurtt -- Percy Eugene Ricks: memories, musings, mentorship / Dr. James E. Newton -- On Jacob Lawrence, Brownstones (1958) / Raye Jones Avery -- On William Tavis, None (not dated) / Carol Shrier Reed -- Aesthetic Dynamics, Inc.: "Creative use of the arts and sciences for humanity" / Margaret Winslow -- On Walter Williams, Southern Landscape (not dated) / Julie L. McGee, PhD -- On Edward Loper, Jr. Pool Room 11th & Walnut (1971) / Harmon R. Carey -- Afro-American images 1971 as evidence: Charting 20th-century African American artists' networks / Melanee C. Harvey, PhD -- On Charles White, I have a dream (1976) / Richard Raw -- On Loïs Mailou Jones, Parade de paysans (Peasants on Parade) (1961) / Colette Gaiter -- Afro-American images 1971 pricelist and catalogue -- Artist biographies / Ellington Lindsey. As new.

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