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  title info:
    title: John Wilson
    sub title: witnessing humanity
  title info:
    title: Witnessing humanity
  title info:
    title: Witnessing humanity, the art of John Wilson
  name:
    name part: Wilson, John
    name part: 1922-2015
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: artist.
  name:
    name part: Farrell, Jennifer
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: King-Hammond, Leslie
    name part: 1944-
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Murphy, Patrick
    name part: 1969-
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Saywell, Edward
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Cohen, Michele
    name part: 1958-
    role:
      role term: contributor.
  name:
    name part: Farrington, Lisa E.
    role:
      role term: contributor.
  name:
    name part: Filmore, Destinee
    role:
      role term: contributor.
  name:
    name part: Gaither, Edmund B.
    role:
      role term: contributor.
  name:
    name part: Hodermarsky, Elisabeth
    role:
      role term: contributor.
  name:
    name part: Holmes, Ekua
    role:
      role term: contributor.
  name:
    name part: Langdale, Shelley R.
    role:
      role term: contributor.
  name:
    name part: LeFalle-Collins, Lizzetta
    role:
      role term: contributor.
  name:
    name part: Leininger-Miller, Theresa A.
    role:
      role term: contributor.
  name:
    name part: Manigault-Bryant, James
    role:
      role term: contributor.
  name:
    name part: Richardson, Martha
    role:
      role term: contributor.
  name:
    name part: Sims, Lowery Stokes
    role:
      role term: contributor.
  name:
    name part: Adams, Derrick
    role:
      role term: contributor.
  name:
    name part: Geter, Tyrone
    role:
      role term: contributor.
  name:
    name part: Jones, Michael
    name part: (Printmaker)
    role:
      role term: contributor.
  name:
    name part: Jones-Henderson, Napoleon
    name part: 1943-
    role:
      role term: contributor.
  name:
    name part: Norman, Joseph
    name part: 1957-
    role:
      role term: contributor.
  name:
    name part: Sherald, Amy
    role:
      role term: contributor.
  name:
    name part: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
    role:
      role term: host institution.
  name:
    name part: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
    role:
      role term: host institution.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: biography
  genre: exhibition catalogs.
  genre: Exhibition catalogs
  genre: Exhibition catalogs.
  genre: Catalogues d'exposition.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: mau
    date issued: 2025
    copyright date: 2025
    edition: First edition.
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: 227 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 30 cm
  abstract: "American artist John Wilson was not only a master draftsman, printmaker, painter and sculptor active for over seven decades, but he was also a keen observer and social activist. In his representations of Black Americans in particular, he sought to pay homage to the beauty and truths of ordinary Black people in such a way that all viewers, across race and culture, might see themselves reflected. His multidisciplinary works include unflinching representations of racial violence and war, tender family portraits, monumental bronze heads and landmark commissions such as the bust of Martin Luther King, Jr., which stands in the United States Capitol. The first major retrospective of the artist's work, Witnessing Humanity sheds light on Wilson's life and artistic evolution. Reproductions of artworks and photographs accompany critical essays and personal reflections, including analyses by art historians, interviews with Wilson's peers, remembrances from fellow Black creatives and a full chronology by the late artist's gallerist. The varied voices which resonate through this catalog illustrate that it is long past time to recognize Wilson's art--to celebrate his lifelong dedication to depicting what he described as the "reality of being Black in this impossible world"--Artbook.
  table of contents: Director's foreword / Max Hollein and Matthew Teitelbaum -- "A special way of looking" : introducing John Wilson / Jennifer Farrell, Leslie King Hammond, Patrick Murphy, and Edward Saywell -- Envisioning humanity : Boston's Black arts community and beyond / Leslie King Hammond -- Native son / Elisabeth Hodermarsky -- L'Americain Wilson : travels and study in France and Italy, 1947-49 / Theresa Leininger-Miller -- Early experimentations with abstraction / Destinee Filmore -- Illustrating social realities : Mexican muralists and printmakers' influence on African American artists / Lizzetta LeFalle-Collins -- The incident : Black motherhood in art historical and medical contexts / Lisa and Leslie Farrington -- The Richard Wright suite / James Manigault-Bryant -- Children's illustrations / Ekua Holmes -- The young Americans / Shelley R. Langdale -- Seeing ourselves : a conversation / Edmund Barry Gaither and Lowery Stokes Sims -- Honoring a civil rights icon / Michele Cohen -- Printing at Center Street Studio / James Stroud -- Artist reflections / Derrick Adams, Tyrone Geter, Michael Jones, Napoleon Jones-Henderson, Joseph Norman, and Amy Sherald -- Chronology / Martha Richardson with Patrick Murphy -- Notes -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Index.
  note: Jennifer Farrell, Leslie King Hammond, Partick Murphy and Edward Saywell ; contributions by Michele Cohen, Leslie Farrington, Lisa Farrington, Destinee Filmore, Edmund Barry Gaither, Elisabeth Hodermarsky, Ekua Holmes, Shelley R. Langdale, Lizzetta LeFalle-Collins, Theresa Leininger-Miller, James Manigault-Bryant, Martha Richardson, Lowery Stokes Sims, and James Stroud ; reflections by Derrick Adams, Tyrone Geter, Michael Jones, Napoleon Jones-Henderson, Joseph Norman, and Amy Sherald.
  note: "Published in conjunction with the exhibition Witnessing Humanity: The Art of John Wilson, organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art ; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, February 8-June 22, 2025. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, September 20, 2025-February 8, 2026"--Colophon.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    name:
      name part: Wilson, John
      name part: 1922-2015
    genre: Exhibitions
  subject:
    name:
      name part: Wilson, John
      name part: 1922-2015
  subject:
    topic: African American artists
    genre: Exhibitions
  subject:
    topic: Artists, Black
    geographic: United States
    genre: Exhibitions
  subject:
    topic: African Americans in art
    genre: Exhibitions
  subject:
    topic: Political art
    geographic: United States
    genre: Exhibitions
  subject:
    topic: Art, American
    temporal: 20th century
    genre: Exhibitions
  subject:
    topic: Art, American
    temporal: 21st century
    genre: Exhibitions
  subject:
    topic: Artists, Black
  subject:
    topic: Drafters
  subject:
    topic: Sculpture
    genre: Exhibitions
  subject:
    topic: African Americans
  subject:
    topic: Portraits
    genre: Exhibitions
  subject:
    topic: Artists, Black
    genre: Exhibitions
  subject:
    topic: Drafters
    genre: Exhibitions
  subject:
    topic: Artistes noirs
  subject:
    topic: Dessinateurs industriels
  subject:
    topic: Sculpture
    genre: Expositions
  subject:
    topic: Noirs américains
  subject:
    topic: Portraits
    genre: Expositions
  classification: N6537.W5465 A4 2025
  classification: NC139.W52 A4 2025
  classification: 709.2/396
  identifier: 9780878469024
  identifier: 0878469028

topic: Artistes noirs
topic: Expositions

topic: Artistes noirs
genre: Expositions

topic: Dessinateurs industriels
genre: Expositions

topic: Artistes noirs américains
genre: Expositions

topic: Artistes noirs
geographic: États-Unis
genre: Expositions

topic: Noirs américains dans l'art
genre: Expositions

topic: Art américain
temporal: 20e siècle
genre: Expositions

topic: Art américain
temporal: 21e siècle
genre: Expositions

topic: drafters (people in engineering)

topic: African American

topic: Artists, Black

topic: Drafters

topic: Drawing

topic: Political art

topic: Portraits

topic: Sculpture

physical location: POD

record content source: YDX
record creation date: 241227
record change date: 20250802185301.1
record identifier: in00005654101
language of cataloging:
  language term: eng