Visual Voice Art Exhibition

Visual Voice Art Exhibition The Riverside Art Museum (RAM) is proud to announce Visual Voice, co­-curated by artists Bernard Stan

The Riverside Art Museum (RAM) is proud to announce Visual Voice, co­-curated by artists Bernard Stanley Hoyes and Charles Bibbs, with the assistance of Lisa Henry, running June 17 – October 5, 2016, with a free, open-to-the-public

Visual Voice covers Southern California Black artists’ ascent to the mainstream. Beginning with the Black art scene in LA in the '80s and '90s, Visual Voice will be c

omposed of two segments: Influential Masters and Independent Trendsetters. This exhibit will shed light on the continuity from Masters to Trendsetters as they set a national trend towards self-validation and reshaped how artists worked, exhibited, traded, and collaborated. Not waiting for the world to catch up, these artists began manufacturing, publishing, and distributing masterful works of art using modern media and business practices.

“Working as an independent visual artist,” says co-curator Charles Bibbs, “I saw this exhibition as an opportunity to tell the stories of other artists who achieved their individual goals to become successful, regardless of the odds against them, and give voice to the silent majority of artists who achieved when others said they didn’t have the qualifications or standards of education to qualify as being a ‘successful’ visual artist.”

This full-scale museum presentation will bring together 19 artists (Ernie Barnes, Varnette P. Honeywood, Bernard Stanley Hoyes, Charles Bibbs, Nathaniel Bustion, Synthia Saint James, Kathleen Atkins Wilson, Kenneth Gatewood, Charles Dickson, Joseph Beckles, Charles White, Samella Lewis, William Pajaud, Richard Mayhew, Artis Lane, Jacob Lawrence, Noah Purifoy, Barbara Wesson, and John Outterbridge) who played an integral role in what will be recognized as the first full African American Art Movement coming out of Southern California during the last three decades of the 20th century.

“The Riverside Art Museum has been instrumental in bringing this exhibition to fruition,” says Bibbs, “and Bernard (Hoyes) worked tireless with them to present an artistic showcase deserving of national recognition. We thank and praise the leadership and staff at RAM for their vision, foresight, and assistance.”

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