Standard – Archibald Motley: Jazz Age Modernist

Students tour the Archibald Motley museum premiere

Nasher Museum — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 18:03:39 +0000

By Ashley Weber, Staff Writer for the Hillside Chronicle

Archibald Motley: Jazz Age Modernist exhibition. The exhibition was created and organized by Richard J. Powell. His goal was to bring recognition to one of the major contributors to the Harlem Renaissance, …

Motley: A Full-Blown Expressionist

Nasher Museum — Wed, 12 Feb 2014 18:17:32 +0000

We landed the cover of INDYweek, thanks to a thoughtful and nuanced review by Chris Vitiello.

The cover image is a detail of Motley’s irresistable 1961 oil painting, “Hot Rhythm”. The play on words is fun, too; a …

Sweet Walls

Nasher Museum — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 15:13:32 +0000

They talked about Sweet Tarts, the childhood candy. They talked about Easter pastels.
In the end, guest curator Richard J. Powell and chief preparator Brad Johnson, in consultation with other museum staff, selected eight pastel colors for the walls …

LOOKING FOR ARCHIBALD MOTLEY: BRONZEVILLE, CHICAGO

Nasher Museum — Fri, 15 Nov 2013 11:51:39 +0000

CHICAGO: If you want to know more about Archibald Motley, you will want to know about Bronzeville.

Great American modernist painter Archibald Motley loved to walk the streets of Bronzeville, a once-thriving neighborhood in Chicago’s South Side. There, he would …