About Things Loved: Blackness and Belonging
About Things Loved: Blackness and Belonging
May 17–July 21, 2019
Featuring creations by Black artists in the collections of BAMPFA and the Hearst Museum of Anthropology, this exhibition organized by UC Berkeley graduate students imagines the liberatory possibilities of celebrating blackness and belonging.
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Romare Bearden: Continuities, 1969; collage on board; 50 x 43 in.; BAMPFA, gift of the Childe Hassam Fund of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, © 2019 Romare Bearden Foundation/Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY.
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Faith Ringgold: The Sunflower Quilting Bee at Arles, 1996; color lithograph; 20 x 30 in.; BAMPFA, gift of Moira Roth. © 2019 Faith Ringgold, member Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY.
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Films - Past
Films - Past
Events
Selected Exhibition Objects
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PaintingContinuities
Romare Bearden
1969
collage on board
50 x 43 in.
BAMPFA, gift of the Childe Hassam Fund of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. © 2019 Romare Bearden Foundation/Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY.
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PhotographSan Francisco is the Only City Where You Can Spend a Million and Still Feel Like Shit
Lyle Ashton Harris
United States
1993
Duraflex photograph
14 x 20 in.;
BAMPFA, Gift of Penny Cooper and Rena Rosenwasser. Image: Courtesy of the artist and Salon 94, New York.
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PrintThe Sunflower Quilting Bee at Arles
Faith Ringgold
United States
1993
color lithograph
20 x 30 in.
BAMPFA, gift of Moira Roth. © 2019 Faith Ringgold, member Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY.
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Mixed MediaLocal Calm
Julie Mehretu
United States
2005
sugarlift aquatint with color aquatint, spit bit aquatint, and soft and hard ground etching and engraving, printed on gampi paper chine collé
27 1/2 x 39 1/4 in.
BAMPFA, gift of Tecoah and Tom Bruce.
Past Events
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Saturday, July 13, 11:30 AM–1 PM or 1–2:30 PMGallery + Studio: Finding Form and Space in Black Abstraction
Explore the varied perceptions of space and form on view in About Things Loved, then use paint and other materials to create a layered canvas of your own.
For ages 6 to 12 with accompanying adult(s)
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Wednesday, June 19, noonScreening and Discussion: Welcome to the Neighborhood
We celebrate Juneteenth with a screening of Welcome to the Neighborhood, a short documentary exploring Mildred Howard’s family roots in the Bay Area and the impact of gentrification, followed by a conversation with the artist.
Juneteenth Screening
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Thursday, June 6, 4–7 PMFive Tables of Blackness and Belonging
Extending the conversation on blackness and belonging articulated in About Things Loved, works on view this month explore the multiplicity of black art and its dialogue with dispossession, institutional collecting practices, black radical thought, and everyday life.
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Selected Wednesdays and SaturdaysGuided Tours: About Things Loved: Blackness and Belonging
Explore this compelling selection of works by Black artists with the organizers of the exhibition.
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Friday, May 24, noonGallery Talk: About Things Loved: Blackness and Belonging
An in-gallery discussion with the graduate-students organizers of the exhibition
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Saturday, April 6, 1:30 PMColloquium: Ethics of Care: Reflections on Blackness, Art, and the Institution
Anticipating About Things Loved: Blackness and Belonging, this program aims for critical engagement around questions of belonging, curatorial possibilities, and the role of institutions.