Alma Thomas

Thomas, Alma (artist.). Berry, Ian, 1971- (editor.). Haynes, Lauren, (editor.). Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, (host institution,, publisher.). Studio Museum in Harlem, (host institution,, publisher.).

Summary: This exhibition features works from every period in Thomas's career, including rarely exhibited watercolors and early abstractions, as well as her signature canvases drawn from a variety of private and public collections. This catalogue traces Thomas's development as an artist and includes new writings by Bridget R. Cooks, Thelma Golden, Nikki A. Greene and Lauren haynes, as well as specially commissioned responses by leading artists Leslie Hewitt, Jennie C. Jones, Leslie Wayne, and Saya Woolfalk. As the work of many African-American abstractionists is only recently coming into the spotlight, this important book on Alma Thomas profiles a truly pioneering figure.

Record details

ISBN: 9783791355719 (hbk.)
ISBN: 3791355716 (hbk.)
Physical Description: print
255 pages : illustrations, portraits (chiefly color) ; 31 cm.
Publisher: New York, New York : The Studio Museum in Harlem ; 2016.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Published to accompany the exhibition held at The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York, 6th February - 5th June 2016 and The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, 13th July - 30th October 2016.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Contains bibliographical references (pages 209-210)
Formatted Contents Note:	Move to Abstraction -- Artist Page / Leslie Wayne -- Alma Thomas / Ian Berry and Lauren Haynes -- Earth -- Artist Page / Leslie Hewitt -- Wind, Sunshine and Flowers": The Visual Cadences of Alma Thomas's Washington, DC / Nikki A. Greene -- Space -- Artist Page / Saya Woolfalk -- Painting Space / Lauren Haynes -- Mosaic -- Artist Page / Jennie C. Jones -- The Nature of Color / Bridget R. Cooks -- Selected Exhibition History -- Selected Bibliography -- Archive -- Exhibition Checklist.