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Quilting Time / Romare Bearden· on display
DETROIT - The 'Detroit
In tritute of rt wa the beau­
tiful tting for the Romare
Be rden Exhibition opening,
hich attracted more than 500
n table and gue
In their welcoming remar s
D.I.A. Director, Samuel Sach
II and DJ.A. Trustee, Samuel
Thorn ckno ledged the many
arti ic achievement and inter- -
national ccIaim of Bla artist,
Romare Bearden.
omare Bearden' rno re­
cent or, all-size rno ic
mural titled Quiltin Time,"
join the rnu urn' permanent
collection and a retrospective
exhibition, Rom are Bearden:
Origins and Progre i ns opens
to the public and will be on
display through Sunday overn­
ber 16th.
easuring nearly 9� feet by
14 feet, the mural i the realiza­
tion of a commi ion in honor
of the Detroit In itute of
rts Centennial. "Mosaic tile
Time," said Davira S. Taragin,
the museum's curator of 20th
Century Decorative Art and
Design. Appropriately, the -
mosaic technique echoes the
action of piecing to ether color-
ful bit of fabric which occupie
two women in the lively ene.
Quilting Time" is remini cent
of Bearden's childhood in the
South and i typical of his
work since the 1960 s."
The 55 examples in the
accompanying exhibition trace
Bearden' long career from fir t
figural compo itions to more
abstract work from 1945 to
1962, though representative
work from late 1960s through
the 19 0 are included. Ori ins
and Progre 'on set Bearden's ;
work in the context of mid-
20th century painting and for
th first time investigates the
rna' or influen e upon his art.
Rom are Bearden expre s
the heritage of Blac Ameri­
cans through hi experience of
life in the rural South and in
urban citie and hi per nal
involvement with music and
other performing arts.
Romare Bearden wa born
in Charlotte, orth Carolina,
in 1912. hile studying at
ew York University and the
Art Student Le ue in the
1930 he e perienced the musi-
al and cultural innovations of
the Harlem Renai sance. He
maintained a studio and
residence in Harlem until 1950.
FolIo ing hi marriage to
anette Rohan in the mid- •
1950s, they moved to anal
treet in e York where they
ill live.
RECr.PTIO Co-chairperson Attorney
Lorna Thorn ith Detroit In itut
ch II.
Dr.
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