John Wilson : witnessing humanity /

"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 ordinar...

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Main Authors:	Farrell, Jennifer (Author), King-Hammond, Leslie, 1944- (Author), Murphy, Patrick, 1969- (Author), Saywell, Edward (Author)
Other Authors:	Cohen, Michele, 1958- (Contributor), Farrington, Lisa E. (Contributor), Filmore, Destinee (Contributor), Gaither, Edmund B. (Contributor), Hodermarsky, Elisabeth (Contributor), Holmes, Ekua (Contributor), Langdale, Shelley R. (Contributor), LeFalle-Collins, Lizzetta (Contributor), Leininger-Miller, Theresa A. (Contributor), Manigault-Bryant, James (Contributor), Richardson, Martha (Contributor), Sims, Lowery Stokes (Contributor), Adams, Derrick (Contributor), Geter, Tyrone (Contributor), Jones, Michael (Printmaker) (Contributor), Jones-Henderson, Napoleon, 1943- (Contributor), Norman, Joseph, 1957- (Contributor), Sherald, Amy (Contributor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Boston, Massachusetts : MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, [2025]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Wilson, John, > 1922-2015 > Exhibitions. Wilson, John, > 1922-2015 African American artists > Exhibitions. Artists, Black > United States > Exhibitions. African Americans in art > Exhibitions. Political art > United States > Exhibitions. Art, American > 20th century > Exhibitions. Art, American > 21st century > Exhibitions. Artists, Black. Drafters. Sculpture > Exhibitions. African Americans. Portraits > Exhibitions. Artists, Black > Exhibitions. Drafters > Exhibitions. Artistes noirs. Dessinateurs industriels. Sculpture > Expositions. Noirs américains. Portraits > Expositions. Artistes noirs > Expositions. Dessinateurs industriels > Expositions. Artistes noirs américains > Expositions. Artistes noirs > États-Unis > Expositions. Noirs américains dans l'art > Expositions. Art américain > 20e siècle > Expositions. Art américain > 21e siècle > Expositions. drafters (people in engineering) African American. Artists, Black Drafters Drawing Political art Portraits Sculpture exhibition catalogs. Exhibition catalogs Exhibition catalogs. Catalogues d'exposition.

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.