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Richard J. Powell

Richard J. Powell

John Spencer Bassett Distinguished Professor of Art and Art History
Art, Art History & Visual Studies
richard.powell@duke.edu
Box 90766, Durham, NC 27708
114 Buchanan Blvd, Smith Warehouse, Bay 9, A287C, Durham, NC 27708

Scholarly Works - Books

Black Art A Cultural History

Book · August 26, 2021 Featured Publication This groundbreaking study explores the visual representations of Black culture across the globe throughout the twentieth century and into the twenty-first. ... Cite

THE OBAMA PORTRAITS

Book · January 1, 2020 From the moment of their unveiling at the National Portrait Gallery in early 2018, the portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama have become two of the most beloved artworks of our time. Kehinde Wiley's portrait of President Obama and Amy Sherald's portrait o ... Cite

Archibald Motley Jazz Age Modernist

Book · October 2, 2015 Featuring more than 200 color illustrations, the catalogue Archibald Motley: Jazz Age Modernist accompanies the first full-scale survey of the work of Archibald Motley, on view at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University from January 30, ... ... Cite

Cutting a Figure Fashioning Black Portraiture

Book · 2008 Examining portraits of black people over the past two centuries, Cutting a Figure argues that these images should be viewed as a distinct category of portraiture that differs significantly from depictions of people with other racial and ... ... Cite

Jacob Lawrence

Book · 1992 Cite