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Julie McGee, professor of art history and Africana studies, curated a traveling exhibition that honors artist and historian David Driskell (1931-2020). McGee, who guest curated, spent years organizing the exhibition, selecting approximately 60 paintings and works on paper with dates ranging from 1953 to 2011. In September, she paid tribute to Driskell during the keynote address of the John Wilmerding Symposium on American Art 2020: A Tribute to David C. Driskell.
“What I find really compelling is Driskell's own artwork, individual works of art, they are not particularly narrative. In fact, they are iconic. They're symbolic representations that give us remembrances of things that he held dear," McGee said.
“David Driskell: Icons of Nature and History" opens at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta next month. The tour schedule is as follows:
- High Museum of Art, Atlanta | Feb. 6-May 9, 2021
- Portland Museum of Art | Portland, Maine | June 19-Sept. 12, 2021
- The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C. | Oct. 6, 2021-Jan. 9, 2022
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McGee, who guest curated, spent years organizing the exhibition, selecting approximately 60 paintings and works on paper with dates ranging from 1953 to 2011.
1/5/2021