“Soul of a Nation” Artists
Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power features work by more than 60 Black artists, created over two revolutionary decades in American history: the early 1960s to 1980s. Watch videos below about a selection of the artists, and find out more about the Houston presentation of the exhibition, the final stop on the three-year tour, here.
Anthony Barboza
Working Together: Louis Draper and the Kamoinge Workshop
Frank Bowling
How to Paint Like Frank Bowling
Elizabeth Catlett
Sculpting the Truth
Adger Cowans
Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power
Emory Douglas
The Art of the Black Panthers
Fred Eversley
The Last Venice, California, Studio Casts
Barkley L. Hendricks
“I Want to Be Memorable” / TateShots
Earlie Hudnall Jr.
Spotlight Houston: Earlie Hudnall
Jae Jarrell
How to Remain Human
Senga Nengudi & Linda Goode Bryant
Senga Nengudi, Linda Goode Bryant, and the Just Above Midtown (JAM) Gallery / TateShots
Howardena Pindell
Interview: What Remains to Be Seen
Herbert Randall
Working Together: Louis Draper and the Kamoinge Workshop
Herb Robinson
Working Together: Louis Draper and the Kamoinge Workshop
Betye Saar
The Liberation of Aunt Jemima
Jack Whitten
An Artist’s Life
This exhibition is organized by Tate Modern, London, in collaboration with the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville; Brooklyn Museum, New York; The Broad, Los Angeles; and the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
Major support provided by:
Additional generous support provided by:
The African American Art Advisory Association (5A) at the MFAH