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Richard Powell, John Spencer Bassett Professor

Richard PowellSpecialization:

    American, Afro-American and African Art


Research Interests:

Richard J. Powell received his Ph.D. from Yale University. His research and teaching interests lie in American art, African American art, and theories of race and representation in the African diaspora. He is also interested in the media arts and conceptualizations of the "folk" in world art and culture. His books include Homecoming: The Art and Life of William H. Johnson and Black Art: A Cultural History.

Education:

  • PhD Yale University 1988

Contact Info:

Office Location:  104 East Duke Bldg
Office Phone:   +1 919 684 2473
Email Address:   richard.powell@duke.edu
Web Page:   http://www.richardjpowell.com

Teaching (Fall 2008):

  • Visualst 221s.01, Black visual theory Synopsis
    East duke 204a, Th 06:00 PM-08:30 PM

Representative Publications   (More Publications)

  1. "Linguists, Poets, and ‘Others’ on African American Art." American Art  vol. 17 (Spring, 2003): 16-19.
  2.  Black Art: A Cultural History. London: Thames and Hudson, Ltd., (2002). (Revised & expanded edition of Black Art & Culture in the 20th Century, 1997; Spanish translation: Arte y Cultura Negros en el Siglo XX, Barcelona: Ediciones Destino, S.A., 1998)
  3. "Appreciation. Jacob Lawrence: Keep on Movin’." American Art  vol. 15 (Spring, 2001): 90-93.
  4. "To Be Real." The Barkley L. Hendricks Experience  (2001): 13-15.
  5. "Sartor Africanus." Dandies: Fashion and Finesse in Art and Culture. Edited by Susan Fillin-Yeh.  (2001): 217-242.

Exhibitions      select representative...
  1. Back to Black: Art, Cinema and the Racial Imaginary, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, England & Walsall Art Gallery, Birmingham, England, 2005
  2. Circle Dance: The Art of John T. Scott, New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA, 2005
  3. Beauford Delaney: The Color Yellow, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA, 2002
 

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