30 Americans at the Arkansas Arts Center
30 Americans presents a sweeping survey of artwork by many of the most important African-American artists of the last four decades. Organized by the Rubell Family Collection, Miami, the exhibition features work by such early and influential artists as Barkley L. Hendricks, Robert Colescott and Jean-Michel Basquiat, and those of younger and emerging artists, like Kehinde Wiley, Wangechi Mutu, and Shinique Smith. Often provocative and challenging, 30 Americans explores what it means to be a contemporary artist and an African-American today. Whether addressing issues of race, gender, sexuality, politics, or history – or the seeming lack thereof – the works in the exhibition offer powerful interpretations of cultural identity and artistic legacy.
