Catalog from the exhibitions held at The Studio Museum in Harlem, Nov. 10, 2011-March 11, 2012; March 29-May 27, 2012; and Aug. 16-Oct. 21, 2012
Preface by Diedra Harris-Kelley; foreword by Thelma Golden; curator's statement by Lauren Haynes; essay by Romare Bearden
The Studio Museum in Harlem celebrated Romare Bearden's centennial by inviting artists to create new works inspired by him
Fall 2011/Winter 2012 exhibition includes works by artists: Derrick Adams, Njideka Akunyili, Edgar Arceneaux, Sandord Biggers, Mark Bradford, Nzuji De Magalhães, Leonardo Drew, David Driskell, Charles Gaines, Todd Gray, Kira Lynn Harris, Lyle Ashton Harris, Matriarch (Ava Hassinger and Maren Hassinger), Barkley L. Hendricks, Rashid Johnson, Vincent Johnson, Simone Leigh, Glenn Ligon, Kalup Linzy, Kerry James Marshall, Dave McKenzie, Rodney McMillian, Julie Mehretu, Wardell Milan II, Nicole Miller, Meleko Mokgosi, Dominique Moody, Wangechi Mutu, Kori Newkirk, John Outterbridge, Kamau Amu Patton, William Pope. L, Robert Pruitt, Faith Ringgold, Nadine Robinson, Alison Saar, Jamel Shabazz, Xaviera Simmons, Lorna Simpson, Shinique Smith, Hank Willis Thomas, Mickalene Thomas, William Villalongo, Stacy Lynn Waddell, Jack Whitten, Saya Woolfalk, and Brenna Youngblood
Spring 2012 exhibition includes works by artists: Nina Chanel Abney, Terry Adkins, Mequitta Ahuja, John Bankston, Louis Cameron, Jamal Cyrus, Rico Gatson, Wayne Hodge, Steffani Jemison, Jennie C. Jones, Titus Kaphar, Lauren Kelley, Deana Lawson, Adia Millett, Rashaad Newsome, Demetrius Oliver, Akosua Adoma Owusu, Dawit L. Petros, Valerie Piraino, Tanea Richardson, Marc Andre Robinson, Jeff Sonhouse, Nari Ward, Carrie Mae Weems, and Paula Wilson
Summer 2012 exhibition includes works by artists: Elia Alba, Emma Amos, Xenobia Bailey, Nayland Blake, Chakaia Booker, iona rozeal brown, Zoë Charlton, William Cordova and Leslie Hewitt, Noah Davis, Rashawn Griffin, Heather Hart, Trenton Doyle Hancock, Jayson Keeling, Arnold J. Kemp, My Barbarian (Malik Gaines, Jade Gordon, Alexandro Segade), Odili Donald Odita, Kambui Olujimi, Clifford Owens, Jennifer Packer, Keisha Scarville, Gary Simmons, Cauleen Smith, Jina Valentine, Cullen Washington, Jr., Kehinde Wiley, Lorna Williams, and Fred Wilson
Dust jacket is constituted by a folded poster (color illustrations ; 54 x 78 cm., folded to 27 x 21 cm.)