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UNITED STATES / New York: ARCHIBALD MOTLEY: JAZZ AGE MODERNIST
by Modem
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until Sunday January 17 2016

Whitney Museum of American Art
T : + 1 (212) 570 3600
99 Gansevoort Street
10014 New York
United States



Archibald Motley (1891—1981) was one of the most important figures associated with the Harlem Renaissance and is best known as both a master colorist and a radical interpreter of urban culture. Archibald Motley: Jazz Age Modernist is the first full-scale survey of his paintings in two decades.

The exhibition will offer an unprecedented opportunity to carefully examine Motley’s dynamic depictions of modern life in his home town, Chicago, as well as in Jazz Age Paris and Mexico. Specifically, it will highlight his unique use of both expressionism and social realism and will resituate this underexposed artist within a broader, art historical context. The exhibition will be presented in the sky-lit eighth floor galleries of the new Whitney during its inaugural year.

© Modem