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Fragmented Documents: Works by Lorna Simpson, Carrie Mae Weems, and Willie Robert Middlebrook at The Art Institute of Chicago
Cherise Smith
Description: African Americans in Art: Selections from The Art Institute of Chicago
African Americans in Art: Selections from The Art Institute of Chicago
​Roy DeCarava’s 1952 photograph Man Coming Up Subway Stairs (Portfolio, no. 16) features a middle-aged African American with jacket under his arm, ascending a stairway. The diagonal of the handrail and the right angles formed by the steps and lines of the building draw our attention to the subject’s expressive face...
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Cherise Smith
PublisherArt Institute of Chicago
Copyright©1999 by The Art Institute of Chicago
Related print edition pages: pp.245-259
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00008.006
Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-16329
Chapter subject tags:African American artMixed media (Art)Documentary photographyGender identity in artRace in artSubjectivity in art

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Fragmented Documents: Works by Lorna Simpson, Carrie Mae Weems, and Willie Robert Middlebrook at The Art Institute of Chicago