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| "Crossing the Line: African American Artists" |
02/01 - 05/20 /2007 |
Cornell Fine Arts Museum
1000 Holt Avenue
Winter Park, FL |
A powerful exhibit of more than 60 2-D and 3-D photographic and artistic works by contemporary African American artists, from the collection of Executive Leadership Council member Clarence Otis, Jr., CEO Darden Restaurants, and his wife Jacqueline Bradley, will be featured at the Cornell Fine Arts Museum through May 20, 2007. The exhibit is part of a three-part African and African American exhibition featuring four towering textile constructions, “Nick Cave Soundsuits” (through April 15), and “Diverse Africa,” an exhibit of 50 pieces of jewelry and carvings from the Ivory Coast, Tunisia, Nigeria, and Ghana from the collection of Ambassador and Mrs. Ulric Haynes, Jr. (through May 20).
The Otis Collection, compiled by the couple as young Wall Street professionals living in Harlem in the 1980s, has gained them recognition as one of the top 100 collectors nationwide. Pieces in this exhibition include “The Unnatural Movement of Blackness” and other works by Fred Wilson, who represented the U.S. in the 2003 Venice Biennale; Renee Cox’s “Yo Mama, Donna and Child;” and Kehinde Wiley’s “Simon George I,” a 2006 oil on canvas.
In the lobby, the museum has installed six images from Romare Bearden’s 1971 “Ritual Bayou” series. It is the first time all six pieces have been installed at one time.
The Cornell Fine Arts Museum is located at 1000 Holt Avenue, Winter Park, FL. 32789. The telephone number is (407) 646-2556. Winter Park is a suburb of Orlando.
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