{"product_id":"black-orpheus-jacob-lawrence-and-the-mbari-club-9780300263176","title":"Black Orpheus: Jacob Lawrence and the Mbari Club","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe first book to feature Jacob Lawrence's \u003ci\u003eNigeria\u003c\/i\u003e series, this richly illustrated volume also highlights Africa's place as a global center of modernist art and culture\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This revelatory book shines a light on the understudied but important influence of African Modernism on the work of Black American artist Jacob Lawrence (1917-2000). In 1965, a New York gallery displayed Lawrence's \u003ci\u003eNigeria\u003c\/i\u003e series: eight tempera paintings of Lagos and Ibadan marketplaces that were the culmination of an eight-month stay in Nigeria. Lawrence's residency put him in touch with the Mbari Artists and Writers Club, an international consortium of artists and writers in post-independence Nigeria that published the arts journal \u003ci\u003eBlack Orpheus\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This volume and accompanying exhibition place the \u003ci\u003eNigeria\u003c\/i\u003e series alongside issues of \u003ci\u003eBlack Orpheus\u003c\/i\u003e and artwork created by Mbari Club artists, including Uche Okeke, Jacob Afolabi, Susanne Wenger, and Naoko Matsubara. Essayists explore the influence of Africa's post-colonial movement on American modernists and developing African artists; the women of the Mbari group; and the importance of art publications in circulating knowledge globally. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Published in association with the Chrysler Museum of Art and the New Orleans Museum of Art \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eExhibition Schedule: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eChrysler Museum of Art\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e (October 7, 2022-January 8, 2023) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew Orleans Museum of Art\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e (February 10-May 7, 2023) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eToledo Museum of Art\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e (June 3-September 3, 2023)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKimberli Gant\u003c\/b\u003e is curator of modern and contemporary art at the Brooklyn Museum. She is formerly McKinnon Curator of Modern \u0026amp; Contemporary Art at the Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk, Virginia. \u003cb\u003eNdubuisi Ezeluomba\u003c\/b\u003e is the Fran?oise Billon Richardson Curator of African Art at the New Orleans Museum of Art.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50930066948370,"sku":"9780300263176","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5d152ad4-1593-423a-83b7-0f253e934322.jpg?v=1739061738","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/black-orpheus-jacob-lawrence-and-the-mbari-club-9780300263176","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}