Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas
June 2022
June 11–September 11, 2022
This exhibition explores over a century of photographic representations of Black Americans as represented in the Carter collection. Instead of focusing on major historical events or contemporary images of strife and violence, Black Every Day (2022) explores the fullness and richness of Black culture, addressing themes of community, excellence, family, and labor.
Over one hundred vernacular images by unidentified photographers join over fifty works by iconic artists, including Roy DeCarava, Dorothea Lange, Deana Lawson, Gordon Parks, James Van Der Zee, and Garry Winogrand. Through this range of perspectives, Black Every Day centers on moments of Black life that often go unacknowledged. It features people celebrating, gathering, innovating, working, and worshipping, explicitly and solely concentrating on communities who do not always see their experiences reflected on museum walls.
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