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Tuesday, 20 January 2015 11:13

The Arkansas Arts Center Presents African-American Art from the Rubell Collection

Works by Jean-Michel Basquiat will be featured in '30 Americans.' Pictured: 'ENOB,' 1985. Works by Jean-Michel Basquiat will be featured in '30 Americans.' Pictured: 'ENOB,' 1985. Flickr

The Arkansas Arts Center, the state's premiere center for visual and performing arts, presents "30 Americans," on view April 10 through June 21, 2015, in the Jeannette Edris Rockefeller and Townsend Wolfe Galleries.

"This exhibition presents a sweeping survey of artwork by many of the most influential African-American artists of the last four decades," said Arkansas Arts Center executive director Todd Herman. "For years, I've searched for an exhibition of this kind but couldn't quite find what I was looking for – an exhibition with powerful interpretations of cultural identity and artistic legacy. When I came across '30 Americans,' I knew this was exactly what I wanted patrons and visitors of the Arts Center to experience. These themes are universal in nature and speak to the larger human experience."

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