The Met | Portraiture & Fashion | Episode 2 | Harlem Is Everywhere @metmuseum | Uploaded February 2024 | Updated October 2024, 19 hours ago.
What role did fashion play in the Harlem Renaissance? Artists at the time were committed to creating a new image of Black life in America and abroad. In this episode, we’ll explore how Black self-representation evolved during this period through the photography of James Van Der Zee and paintings by artists like William Henry Johnson and Archibald J. Motley, Jr. We’ll also examine how fashion conveyed community values and offered new modes of individual expression that challenged racist stereotypes and created a shared sense of dignity.
Learn more about The Met's exhibition at metmuseum.org/HarlemRenaissance
Objects featured in this episode:
James Van Der Zee, Nude, Harlem, 1923 (1970.539.27): metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/259631
William Henry Johnson, Street Life, Harlem, ca. 1939–1940: https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/street-life-harlem-11857
James Van Der Zee, Couple, Harlem, 1932 (2021.446.1.2): metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/895647
Archibald J. Motley, Jr., Black Belt, 1934: https://archives.nasher.duke.edu/motley/project/black-belt/index.html
Guests:
Bridget R. Cooks, Chancellor’s Fellow and professor of art history and African American studies at the University of California, Irvine
Robin Givhan, Senior critic-at-large, The Washington Post
For a transcript of this episode, visit metmuseum.org/perspectives/articles/2024/02/harlem-is-everywhere-portraiture-and-fashion#transcript
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Harlem Is Everywhere is produced by The Metropolitan Museum of Art in collaboration with Audacy's Pineapple Street Studios.
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What role did fashion play in the Harlem Renaissance? Artists at the time were committed to creating a new image of Black life in America and abroad. In this episode, we’ll explore how Black self-representation evolved during this period through the photography of James Van Der Zee and paintings by artists like William Henry Johnson and Archibald J. Motley, Jr. We’ll also examine how fashion conveyed community values and offered new modes of individual expression that challenged racist stereotypes and created a shared sense of dignity.
Learn more about The Met's exhibition at metmuseum.org/HarlemRenaissance
Objects featured in this episode:
James Van Der Zee, Nude, Harlem, 1923 (1970.539.27): metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/259631
William Henry Johnson, Street Life, Harlem, ca. 1939–1940: https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/street-life-harlem-11857
James Van Der Zee, Couple, Harlem, 1932 (2021.446.1.2): metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/895647
Archibald J. Motley, Jr., Black Belt, 1934: https://archives.nasher.duke.edu/motley/project/black-belt/index.html
Guests:
Bridget R. Cooks, Chancellor’s Fellow and professor of art history and African American studies at the University of California, Irvine
Robin Givhan, Senior critic-at-large, The Washington Post
For a transcript of this episode, visit metmuseum.org/perspectives/articles/2024/02/harlem-is-everywhere-portraiture-and-fashion#transcript
#HarlemIsEverywhere
Harlem Is Everywhere is produced by The Metropolitan Museum of Art in collaboration with Audacy's Pineapple Street Studios.
Subscribe to Harlem Is Everywhere wherever you listen to podcasts.
Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/harlem-is-everywhere/id1728487836
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Subscribe for new content from The Met: youtube.com/user/metmuseum
#TheMet #Art #TheMetropolitanMuseumofArt #Museum #HarlemIsEverywhere #HarlemRenaissance #podcast
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