Zenith Community Arts Foundation presenting The Freedom Place Collection
In Rochester, NY at Monroe University Community College
Show dates: February 2 – 27, 2011
Featuring the works of preeminent African-American artists Benny Andrews, Romare Bearden,
Alma Thomas, Robert Freeman & Richard Yarde
ROMARE BEARDEN (1911-1988)
Bopping at Birdland, AP 3-20, 1979
Color lithograph from monotype, 32” x 23”
Introduction for a Blues Queen, AP 7-5, 1979
Color lithograph from monotype, 24” x 32”
Louisiana Serenade, AP 11-30, 1979
Color lithograph from monotype, 23” x 33"
Tenor Sermon, AP 11-30, 1979
Color lithograph from monotype, 24” x 34”
BENNY ANDREWS (1930-2006)
Flat Life, 1981
Oil and collage on canvas, 40" x 28"
Student - From the America Series
Oil and collage on paper, 40" x 28"
The Plower - Southland Series, 1987
Gouache and collage on paper, 28" x 40"
RICHARD YARDE (1939-2012)
Savoy Dancers #1 (Shorty), 1981
Watercolor on paper, 30" x 42"
The Funeral - Requiem
Watercolor on paper, 30 x 42 inches
The Living Room (Aquarium), 1982
Watercolor on paper, 22" x 36"
ROBERT FREEMAN (b. 1946)
Freeman_004
Oil on canvas, 52" x 68"