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Regarding the Portrait: The Pragmatists
The final lecture examines an exhibition generated by the Harmon Foundation in 1944 called “Portraits of Outstanding Americans of Negro Origin.” This group of commissioned portraits toured the US for nearly ten years with the intention of not only celebrating the contributions of successful African Americans, but also modeling social integration and the possibilities of civil rights. Considering the aesthetics and logistics of the exhibition, Professor Mooney explores the ways in which the philosophies of Alain Locke informed the unabating optimism that portraiture could generate social change.
More information: torch.ox.ac.uk/event/the-terra-lectures-in-american-art-regarding-the-portrait-the-pragmatics
Date:
15 June 2020, 17:00
Venue:
Online event - more details here: https://torch.ox.ac.uk/event/the-terra-lectures-in-american-art-regarding-the-portrait
Speakers:
Amy M Mooney (Terra Foundation Visiting Professor in American Art),
Moderator: Geoffrey Batchen (Professorship of the History of Art, Oxford)
Organising department:
Department of History of Art
Organiser:
TORCH (University of Oxford )
Part of:
Terra Lectures in American Art: Regarding the Portrait
Booking required?:
Not required
Audience:
Public
Editor:
Laura Spence
