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John Wilson: Witnessing Humanity
Hardcover
American Art - African American & BlackGeneral ArtIndividual Artists
Publisher Price: $55.00
ISBN13: 9780878469024
Publisher: MFA Publications
Published: Apr 1 2025
Pages: 228
Weight: 3.55
Height: 1.10 Width: 10.39 Depth: 11.65
Language: English
Through paintings, sculptures, drawings and more, John Wilson's work foregrounds the human experience and refuses invisibility
American artist John Wilson was not only a master draftsman, printmaker, painter and sculptor active for over seven decades, but he was also a keen observer and social activist. In his representations of Black Americans in particular, he sought to pay homage to the beauty and truths of ordinary Black people in such a way that all viewers, across race and culture, might see themselves reflected. His multidisciplinary works include unflinching representations of racial violence and war, tender family portraits, monumental bronze heads and landmark commissions such as the bust of Martin Luther King, Jr., which stands in the United States Capitol.
John Woodrow Wilson (1922-2015) was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, and studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and Tufts University. He lived in Mexico for five years and became a friend and colleague of artist Elizabeth Catlett. Wilson taught fine art at Boston University from 1964 until 1986.
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