PROCESSION:

The Art of Norman Lewis

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Exhibition Preview

September 16, 5-9pm

6-7:30pm Panel Discussion with exhibition curator Ruth Fine and artists Dawoud Bey, Torkwase Dyson and Amanda Williams

Chicago Cultural Center, Exhibit Hall + Claudia Cassidy Theater

78 E. Washington St.

September 17, 2016 - January 8, 2017

The first comprehensive overview of the art of Norman Lewis presents this pivotal figure in American art, a participant in the Harlem art community, an innovator of Abstract Expressionism and a politically-conscious activist. Covering the 1930s to 1970s, the 60 paintings and works on paper progress chronologically and thematically around six motifs: In the City, Visual Sound, Rhythm of Nature, Ritual, Civil Rights and Summation.

Procession: The Art of Norman Lewis is organized by the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. The Major Exhibition Sponsors are the National Endowment for the Arts, Christie's, and the Terra Foundation for American Art on behalf of board members Ruth Fine, Mimi Gardner Gates, Chester A. Gougis, Charles Harper, Michael Leja, Peter Lunder, Gloria Scoby, and Greg Williamson. Additional support from AG Foundation, Peg Alston, L. Ann and Jonathan P. Binstock, Ed Bradley Family Foundation, Jacqueline Bradley and Clarence Otis Jr., Dr. Aliya and Reginald Browne, Valentino D. Carlotti, Kathryn and Kenneth Chenault, Christina Lewis Halpern and Loida Nicolas Lewis, Charles and Kathy Harper, Robert Horwitz and Catherine Redlich, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry L. Johnson, Pamela J. Joyner and Alfred J. Giuffrida, Dorothy Lichtenstein, The Lomax Family Foundation, Winston and Carolyn Lowe, Frank and Katherine Martucci, Raymond J. McGuire and Crystal McCrary, Rodney M. Miller, Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer and Joe Neubauer, Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York, the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund, William and Roberta Torian, Nancy and Milton Washington, and Rachel and Chris White. Grant support provided to the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events by the Terra Foundation for American Art.

Ritual, 1962. Oil on canvas, 51 x 63 ž inches. Courtesy of Tom Burrell, Chicago. ŠEstate of Norman W. Lewis; Image: Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, LLC, New York, NY

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