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By TAHLIB
This past week, the Center for Civil and Human Rights opened in Atlanta and gay couples earned their freedom to marry in Indiana. For three days, gay couples married as part of the equality movement inspired by Civil Rights heroes like Coretta Scott King, Bayard Rustin, and current Congressman John Lewis. It is Lewis's life and example that are told in 37 expressionistic works by Georgia artist Benny Andrews, now in the center's collection. The works feature John Lewis’s recollection of key episodes in his life and his unwavering fight for civil rights. For a week when freedom both waxed and waned, "Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Speaking" (above) by Benny Andrews is my NEWS OF WEEK.

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Ernest Disney-Britton said…
The mixed media paintings of Benny Andrews (1930-2006) explored the intersection of American history and African American culture. His works are in the collections of over thirty major art institutions, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York , the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York , the Art Institute of Chicago, the Detroit Institute of Arts, the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, and now Atlanta's Center for Civil and Human Rights. His unique cartoon-like expressionistic style has been compared to his friend Red Grooms and also to Romare Bearden because of how he utilized print-making, collages and color. His subject matter was the human experience and his work celebrated human aspirations. He saw his work as a tool in the battle to end racial and gender oppression, which makes me hopeful he would be just as proud of the connection made here today.
Sun Jun 29, 06:29:00 AM EDT
Ginger Bievenour said…
I find this very appealing and like particularly the simplicity of the work. The underlying message is anything but simple, but this has a direct, even though a bit dream-like, quality that makes one pause and consider its content.
Wed Jul 02, 03:03:00 PM EDT
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