Archibald Motley: Jazz Age Modernist https://archives.nasher.duke.edu/motley Tue, 26 May 2015 20:33:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.1 Archibald Motley Documentary https://archives.nasher.duke.edu/motley/2014/03/19/archibald-motley-documentary/ Wed, 19 Mar 2014 15:54:31 +0000 https://archives.nasher.duke.edu/motley/?p=987 …

]]> Chicago’s Often Forgotten Role in African-American Art https://archives.nasher.duke.edu/motley/2014/02/28/left-of-black/ Fri, 28 Feb 2014 15:30:11 +0000 https://archives.nasher.duke.edu/motley/?p=937 …

]]> Students tour the Archibald Motley museum premiere https://archives.nasher.duke.edu/motley/2014/02/27/students-tour-the-archibald-motley-museum-premiere/ Thu, 27 Feb 2014 18:03:39 +0000 https://archives.nasher.duke.edu/motley/?p=927 By Ashley Weber, Staff Writer for the Hillside Chronicle

nasher.duke.edu/motleyArchibald 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 https://archives.nasher.duke.edu/motley/2014/02/12/motley-a-full-blown-expressionist/ Wed, 12 Feb 2014 18:17:32 +0000 https://archives.nasher.duke.edu/motley/?p=866 We landed the cover of INDYweek, thanks to a thoughtful and nuanced review by Chris Vitiello.

IndyWeek Motley Cover Full

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 https://archives.nasher.duke.edu/motley/2014/02/11/sweet-walls/ Tue, 11 Feb 2014 15:13:32 +0000 https://archives.nasher.duke.edu/motley/?p=842 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 …

]]> Meet Archibald Motley: A Jazz Age master gets a retrospective at the Nasher Museum of Art https://today.duke.edu/2014/01/motley#slideshow#new_tab Tue, 28 Jan 2014 18:55:36 +0000 https://archives.nasher.duke.edu/motley/?p=781 LOOKING FOR ARCHIBALD MOTLEY: BRONZEVILLE, CHICAGO https://archives.nasher.duke.edu/motley/2013/11/15/thoughts/ Fri, 15 Nov 2013 11:51:39 +0000 https://visia.themes.pixelentity.com/?p=64 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 …

]]> Looking for Archibald Motley: The Art Institute https://archives.nasher.duke.edu/motley/2013/11/15/images/ Fri, 15 Nov 2013 10:44:27 +0000 https://visia.themes.pixelentity.com/?p=75 The great American modernist painter lived and worked here in the first half of the 20th century. What inspired Motley? How did he leave his mark? We wanted to get to know Motley better, in anticipation of the first …]]> South Side Community Art Center https://archives.nasher.duke.edu/motley/2013/11/14/south-side-community-art-center/ Thu, 14 Nov 2013 15:48:38 +0000 https://archives.nasher.duke.edu/motley/?p=565 The South Side Community Art Center opened in December, 1940, with a show of well-known local painters and sculptors: Henry Avery, William Carter, Charles White, Archibald Motley, Jr., Joseph Kersey, Margaret and Bernard Goss, William McBride, among others. Eleanor Roosevelt …

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