Welcome back to The Current Corner!
In this episode, The Current committee member Dr. Jasmine Mahmoud discusses Romare Bearden’s, Conjunction.
“On a very on the nose way, this work is called Conjunction. Thinking about The Current as this river, as this place that brings people together around Black art. Romare Bearden is someone who worked across medium- from visual art, painting, drawing, cartooning, and collaging; but also, beyond visual art, he was a musician. The Current, as an award for Black artists in the Tacoma area is celebrating artists across genre. ”
-Dr. Jasmine Mahmoud
Learn more about The Current, An Artist Award here!
Romare Bearden
(born Charlotte, North Carolina, 1911;
died New York, New York, 1988)
Conjunction, 1979
Color lithograph
Gift of Greg Kucera and Larry Yocom