Hilary Shames

Tour: Seed / Egg

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The Gallery's collection of American art includes some 150 works by African-American artists. This online tour offers commentary on a selection of twenty-two paintings, works on paper, and sculpture ranging from a colonial portrait by Joshua Johnson of Baltimore to modern and contemporary pieces by Jacob Lawrence, Romare Bearden, Alma Thomas, Sam Gilliam, Barkley Hendricks, Willie Cole, Kara Walker, and Lorna Simpson.

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1	Life Cycle or Forbidden Fruit, 1993
2	Pelvis, 1994
3	Pomegranate, 1994
4	Cosmic Vortex Projectiles, 2000
5	Seed Recursion, 2000
6	Autochthonous: The Soil's Offspring, 2003
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7	Earth Mother, 2003
8	Blue Pomegranate Universe, 2004
9	Pomegranate Universe, 2004
10	Dandelion I, 2006
11	Dandelion II, 2006
12	Dandelion III, 2006

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