When the Stars Begin to Fall / Cuando las Estrellas comienzan a caer

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The Museum of Art | Ft Lauderdale presents; When the Stars Begin to Fall: Imagination and the American South considered as a category  “outsider” art in relation to contemporary art and black life. Situating itself within current art historical and political debates, the exhibition features work by self-taught, spiritually inspired and incarcerated artists, alongside other projects based in performance and social-engagement, as well as painting, drawing, sculpture and assemblage,that make insistent reference to place. With the majority of work created between 1964 and 2014, the exhibition brings together a group of thirty-five intergenerational American artists who share an interest in the American South as a location both real and imagined.

Moving between a graphic sensibility, an interest in creation myths and the use of found materials and detritus, the artists reference various classical tropes of blackness as sites of origin—fantastical and performed, important yet perhaps illusory.

Artists in the exhibition include: Benny Andrews, Kevin Beasley, McArthur Binion, Beverly Buchanan, Henry Ray Clark, Thornton Dial, Minnie Evans, Theaster Gates, Deborah Grant, Trenton Doyle Hancock, Bessie Harvey, David Hammons, Lonnie Holley, Frank Albert Jones, Lauren Kelley, Ralph Lemon, Kerry James Marshall, Rodney McMillian, Joe Minter, J.B. Murray, John Outterbridge, Noah Purifoy, Marie “Big Mama” Roseman, Jacolby Satterwhite, Patricia Satterwhite, Rudy Shepherd, Xaviera Simmons, Georgia Speller, Henry Speller, James “Son” Thomas, Stacy Lynn Waddell, Kara Walker, Carrie Mae Weems and Geo Wyeth.

When the Stars Begin to Fall: Imagination and the American South is organized by The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York. The exhibition is curated by Thomas J. Lax

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El Museo de Arte de Ft Lauderdale presenta, When the Stars Begin to Fall: Imagination and the American South muestra considerada como de categoría de "outsider" en el arte en relación con el arte contemporáneo y la vida negra. Situándose dentro del arte los debates históricos y políticos actuales, la exposición presenta el trabajo de inspiración espiritual y encarcelados artistas autodidactas, junto a otros proyectos basados ​​en el rendimiento y el compromiso social, así como la pintura, el dibujo, la escultura y el montaje, que hacen insistentes referencia a otros. La mayoría de los trabajos fueron creados entre 1964 y 2014, reuniendo asi  un grupo de treinta y cinco artistas americanos intergeneracionales que comparten un interés en el sur de americana como un lugar tanto reale como imaginario. 

La muestra presenta una sensibilidad gráfica, un interés a los mitos de la creación y el uso de materiales encontrados, en donde los artistas hacen referencia a diversos estilos clásicos de la negritud como lugares de origen, fantasia y realidad. 

Entre los artistas participantes se encuentran:  Benny Andrews, Kevin Beasley, McArthur Binion, Beverly Buchanan, Henry Ray Clark, Thornton Dial, Minnie Evans, Theaster Gates, Deborah Grant, Trenton Doyle Hancock, Bessie Harvey, David Hammons, Lonnie Holley, Frank Albert Jones, Lauren Kelley, Ralph Lemon, Kerry James Marshall, Rodney McMillian, Joe Minter, J.B. Murray, John Outterbridge, Noah Purifoy, Marie “Big Mama” Roseman, Jacolby Satterwhite, Patricia Satterwhite, Rudy Shepherd, Xaviera Simmons, Georgia Speller, Henry Speller, James “Son” Thomas, Stacy Lynn Waddell, Kara Walker, Carrie Mae Weems and Geo Wyeth.

When the Stars Begin to Fall: Imagination and the American South es organizada por el Studio Museum de Harlem, Nueva York. La exposición está curada por Thomas J. Lax