Harlem: Found Ways

Harlem

Huffington Post: 'Harlem at Harvard'

December 14, 2017
Finally, there is the Ligon — a canvas that reminds one of nothing so much as a monolith tipped on its side, set grayly against a wall that barely abides it. That the 20-foot long painting is the terminus of Harlem: Found Ways, a recent presentation at the Ethelbert Cooper Gallery of African & African American Art at Harvard’s Hutchins Center, gives Glenn Ligon’s work a precarious claim to the guiding logic of the exhibition and, in more ways than one, the last word, as well.
Harlem

Color Magazine: 'Harlem: Found Ways'

July 9, 2017
With the exhibition Harlem: Found Ways, the Cooper Gallery presents artistic visions and engagements specific to Harlem, New York City, in the last decades. Each artwork employs a distinct set of inquiries and innovative strategies to explore the Harlem community’s visual heritage as it grapples with the challenges of gentrification.
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Harvard Gazette: 'Images of Harlem, then and now'

June 1, 2017
For photographer Dawoud Bey, activism and art have long been linked. Bey, whose portraits of Harlem form the centerpiece of the exhibit “Harlem: Found Ways” now at the Ethelbert Cooper Gallery of African and African American Art, first connected with his chosen visual medium through a protest.
The Harlem Charade

The Harlem Charade

January 31, 2017

The Harlem Charade
By Natasha Tarpley
Scholastic Press (January 31, 2017)
ISBN-10: 0545783879
ISBN-13: 978-0545783873

Glenn Ligon: Come Out.

Glenn Ligon: Come Out.

February 1, 2015

Glenn Ligon: Come Out.
By Glenn Ligon and Megan Ratner
Ridinghouse (February 1, 2015)
ISBN-10: 1905464991
ISBN-13: 978-1905464999

Dawoud Bey - Harlem, U.S.A

Dawoud Bey - Harlem, U.S.A

June 26, 2012

Dawoud Bey - Harlem, U.S.A
By Dawoud Bey, Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts, and Matthew S. Witkovsky
Art Institute of Chicago; First Edition edition (June 26, 2012)
ISBN-10: 0300181264
ISBN-13: 978-0300181265

Harlem: Lost and Found

Harlem: Lost and Found

December 3, 2001

Harlem: Lost and Found
By Michael Henry Adams
The Monacelli Press; 1st Edition edition (December 3, 2001)
ISBN-10: 1580930700
ISBN-13: 978-1580930703

Harlem: Found Ways

Summer 2017

 

The exhibition Harlem: Found Ways presented artistic visions and engagements specific to Harlem, New York City, in the last decades. Each artwork employed a distinct set of inquiries and innovative strategies to explore the Harlem community’s visual heritage as it grapples with the challenges of gentrification.