Paul W. Zuccaire Gallery
Revisiting 5 + 1
November 10, 2022 - March 31, 2023
Revisiting 5+1 is a reflection on the historic 1969 Stony Brook University exhibition entitled 5+1. Revisiting 5+1 features work by the original six artists, all of whom were Black men, with an addition
of six Black women artists, all trailblazers at a time when their work in abstraction
was challenged by both the mainstream art world and Black art institutions. Photographs
and archival materials exhibited alongside the work provide additional contextual
history from this era of student protests and racial justice on campus.
The original 5+1 artists include Frank Bowling, Melvin Edwards, Daniel LaRue Johnson, Al Loving, Jack
Whitten, and William T. Williams. Revisiting 5+1 also presents the work of Vivian Browne, Adger Cowans, Mary Lovelace O'Neal, Howardena
Pindell, Betye Saar, Alma Thomas, and Mildred Thompson.
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