Richard J Powell, John Spencer Bassett Professor, Department of Art, Art History and Visual Studies

Contact Info:

Office Location:	104 East Duke Building
Office Phone:	(919) 684-2473
Email Address:
Web Page:	http://www.richardjpowell.com

Teaching (Fall 2013):

• ARTHIST 283.01, AFRICAN AMERICAN ART Synopsis

  East Duke 108, MW 11:45 AM-01:00 PM

  (also cross-listed as AAAS 227.01)

• ARTHIST 546S.01, THE AMERICAN ARTIST Synopsis

  East Duke 204A, W 03:05 PM-05:35 PM

Education:

PhD

Yale University

1988

Specialties:

Afro-American Art
African Art
Art of the United States

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.

Current Ph.D. Students   (Former Students)

• Anna K. Kivlan  
• Katherine L. Jentleson  
• Rebecca Keegan  
• Alfredo Rivera  
• Marissa A. Vincenti  

Representative Publications   (More Publications)

1. Linguists, Poets, and ‘Others’ on African American Art, American Art, vol. 17 (Spring, 2003), pp. 16-19
2. Black Art: A Cultural History (2002), London: Thames and Hudson, Ltd. (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), pp. 90-93
4. To Be Real, in The Barkley L. Hendricks Experience (2001), pp. 13-15, New London, Connecticut: Lyman Allyn
5. Sartor Africanus, in Dandies: Fashion and Finesse in Art and Culture, edited by Susan Fillin-Yeh (2001), pp. 217-242, New York: New York University Press