Archibald J. Motley Jr.(1st Edition) (The David C. Driskell Series of African American Art, V. 4) by AmyM. Mooney, Archibald John Motley Hardcover, 116 Pages, Published 2004 by Pomegranate ISBN-13: 978-0-7649-2886-4, ISBN: 0-7649-2886-4
Alma W. Thomas Everything Is Beautiful (Hardback) by Jonathan Frederick Walz, Seth Feman Hardcover, 336 Pages, Published 2021 by Yale University Press 2021-07-13 ISBN-13: 978-0-300-25893-6, ISBN: 0-300-25893-3
"Archibald Motley (1891-1981) was one of the most important figures associated with the Harlem Renaissance and is best known as both a master colorist and a radical interpreter of urban culture. Archibald Motley: Jazz Age Modernist is the first full-scale survey of his paintings in two decades. The exhibition offers an unprecedented opportunity to carefully examine Motley's dynamic depictions of modern life in his home town, Chicago, as ..."
"The west side of Chicago is not the poorest, the oldest, the largest, or the most African American of African American communities in the United States--it is similar to every other swath of poverty in every single city. We are led to believe that these communities are in crisis when something occurs that lands them on the front page. The real crisis, however, is ongoing and it's one of acceptance of the conditions of poverty, day in an ..."
Jefferson Pinder Onyx Odyssey. November 8, 2015 - January 24, 2016. Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL. [Exhibition catalogue]. [Limited edition]. by Jefferson Pinder, Kate Lorenz, Dawoud Bey, AmyMooney Paperback, Published 2016 by Chicago, Il: Hyde Park Art Center. ISBN-13: 978-0-9778084-4-1, ISBN: 0-9778084-4-0