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Great time visiting the exhibition "A Black Odyssey" by Romare Boarden at Wallach Gallery, Columbia University.

11/23/2014

Romare Bearden's 'Black Odyssey' Puts A Modern Harlem Twist On Classical Mythology - The Huffington Post | By Priscilla Frank

11/20/2014

If you happen to be studying at New York's Columbia University this fall you, like many other students around the world, will be assigned to read Homer's "Odyssey," that epic epic poem about a flawed hero's journey home.

However, unlike most other students studying the classic, you'll have the remarkable privilege of digesting the text alongside Romare Bearden's "Black Odyssey," a collage series dating back to the 1970s. His jagged-edged color fields create a stream of images, 20 collages in total. The modern interpretation of the ancient Greek myth reveals that perhaps Ithaca and Harlem aren't that far apart after all.

Rare exhibit of Romare Bearden’s original artwork on display at Columbia University

11/17/2014

The “Romare Bearden: A Black Odyssey” exhibition features 50 of the late iconic 20th century artist’s collages, watercolors and line drawings, including the acclaimed collages based on Homer’s poem “The Odyssey,” which bridged classical mythology with African-American culture.

New acquisition for the project: Theater Arts issue.

11/14/2014

Josephine Baker dances with her Shadow. "Zouzou", 1934

11/4/2014

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVPJD3kaKRQ

Bert Williams' Final Scenes- A Natural Born Gambler

11/1/2014

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkN6UlTP1Fs

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