Bibliography and Exhibitions

MONOGRAPHS AND SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

GENERAL BOOKS AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

LITTLE ROCK (AR). Historic Arkansas Museum.
Spectrum: Larry Hampton and Sylvester McKissick.
February 10-April 16, 2006.
Two-person exhibition. Larry Hampton's small oil portraits show the influence of painters such as Edgar Degas, Diego Velasquez and John Singer Sargent. Self-taught artist Sylvester McKissick's genre style paintings reflect the experiences of everyday life, combining realistic themes with bold use of color and line.

LITTLE ROCK (AR). Pyramid / Hearne Fine Art Gallery.
Collaborations: Two Decades of African American Art: Hearne Fine Art 1988-2008.
Thru January 17, 2009.
[Exhibition title was slightly different: "Two Decades of Excellence." 130 pp. exhib. cat., illus. Foreword by Halima Taha; texts by Archie Hearne, III, Garbo Watson Hearne; afterword by Dianne Smith. Includes new work by 57 artists: Gabriel Ajayi. Leroy Allen, Benny Andrews, Phoebe Beasley, Alix Beaujour, John Biggers, Bisa Butler, Elizabeth Catlett, Chukes, William Clarke, Kevin Cole, Adger Cowans, Charles Criner, Earnest Davidson, Rex Deloney, Ed Dwight, Marion Epting, Lawrence Finney, Frank Frazier, Paul Goodnight, Jonathan Green, Larry Hampton, Chester Higgins, Jr., Kennith Humphrey, George Hunt, Ariston Jacks, Laura James, Leroy Johnson, Brenda Joysmith, Artis Lane, Anthony D. Lee, Samella Lewis, Sylvester McKissick, Dean Mitchell, Tonia Mitchell, Euneda Otis, Charly Palmer, Johnice Parker, Morris Richardson, II, Mario Robinson, W. Earl Robinson, Alvin Roy, AJ Smith, Albert Smith, Dianne Smith, Phyllis Stephens, TAFA, Twins (Jerry & Terry Lynn), Evita Tezeno, William Tolliver, Ed Wade, Dale Washington, Basil Watson, Kiersten Williams, Susan Williams, Marjorie Williams-Smith, Ernest C. Withers. [Traveled to: Chattanooga African American Museum.] [Review: Michael Crumb, "African American Art History: Collaborating With You,"The Chattagooga Pulse, September 16, 2009.] 4to, cloth, d.j.

WILSON, LERONE D. (Dir.).
Colored Frames (Film).
Boondoggle Films, c.2006.
Documentary film celebrating black artists of the past 50 years, the variety of their work and the struggle for visibility and recognition. Includes: Benny Andrews, John Ashford, Gustave Blache III, Linda Goode Bryant, Mary Schmidt Campbell, Nanette Carter, Ed Clark, Adger Cowans, Francks Décéus, Larry Hampton, Marva Huston, Gordon James, June Kelly, John Kisch, Wangechi Mutu, Ron Ollie, Otto Neals, Howardena Pindell, Danny Simmons, Michael Singletary, Dianne Smith, Duane Smith, Ann Tanksley, Tafa. Produced, directed and edited by Lerone D. Wilson. Original music by The Magali Souriau Trio, additional music by Lenae Harris. The DVD includes extended interviews with artists Benny Andrews, Linda Goode-Bryant, Dianne Smith, and Michael Singletary. DVD. col. sd. 56 min. 2-disc set.