{"product_id":"9780300263176-black-orpheus","title":"Black Orpheus","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJacob Lawrence and the Mbari Club. The first book to feature Jacob Lawrence’s \u003ci\u003eNigeria\u003c\/i\u003e series, this richly illustrated volume also highlights Africa’s place as a global center of modernist art and culture. \u003cb\u003eThe first book to feature Jacob Lawrence’s \u003ci\u003eNigeria\u003c\/i\u003e series, this richly illustrated volume also highlights Africa’s place as a global center of modernist art and culture\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e This revelatory book shines a light on the understudied but important influence of African Modernism on the work of Black American artist Jacob Lawrence (1917–2000). In 1965, a New York gallery displayed Lawrence’s \u003ci\u003eNigeria\u003c\/i\u003e series: eight tempera paintings of Lagos and Ibadan marketplaces that were the culmination of an eight-month stay in Nigeria. Lawrence’s residency put him in touch with the Mbari Artists and Writers Club, an international consortium of artists and writers in post-independence Nigeria that published the arts journal \u003ci\u003eBlack Orpheus\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e This volume and accompanying exhibition place the \u003ci\u003eNigeria\u003c\/i\u003e series alongside issues of \u003ci\u003eBlack Orpheus\u003c\/i\u003e and artwork created by Mbari Club artists, including Uche Okeke, Jacob Afolabi, Susanne Wenger, and Naoko Matsubara. Essayists explore the influence of Africa’s post-colonial movement on American modernists and developing African artists; the women of the Mbari group; and the importance of art publications in circulating knowledge globally.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Published in association with the Chrysler Museum of Art and the New Orleans Museum of Art\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eExhibition Schedule:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChrysler Museum of Art\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e (October 7, 2022–January 8, 2023)\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew Orleans Museum of Art\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e (February 10–May 7, 2023)\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eToledo Museum of Art\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e (June 3–September 3, 2023)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40529923407969,"sku":"9780300263176","price":48.93,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/products\/3f8f43892844393b9a8c2c2299c4fb2d.png?v=1680107056","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780300263176-black-orpheus","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}