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200 Years of African American Art: The Arthur Primas Collection

IrvingWeekly Staff

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February 16, 2010

200 Years of African American Art: The Arthur Primas Collection is on display through March 28 at the Irving Arts Center Main Gallery, 3333 N. MacArthur Blvd. The collection features art from more than 30 of the nation’s most influential African-American artists including Romare Bearden, Jacob Lawrence, Aaron Douglas, Charles White, Edward Mitchell Bannister and Elizabeth Catlett. The more than 90 pieces in the exhibition are drawn from the private collection of Arthur Primas—a collection that includes more than 300 original works of art by African-American artists. The exhibition at the Irving Arts Center marks the first time that his collection has been available for public view.

In addition to the works from the Primas collection, 200 Years of African American Art also features a selection of art and artifacts from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library. Items include paintings by Aaron Douglas, Charles Alston, Palmer Hayden, Malvin Gray Johnson and Archibald Motley, along with sculptures by Selma Burke, Meta Warrick Fuller and Augusta Savage. Exhibition organized by Landau Traveling Exhibitions, Los Angeles, in association with the Heritage Gallery, Los Angeles. On loan from the Arthur Primas Collection.