#nelsonstevens

[bm-contemporary-art]

Uhuru, Nelson Stevens, 1971, Brooklyn Museum: Contemporary Art

Size: Sheet: 40 x 30 in. (101.6 x 76.2 cm) Medium: Screenprint on paper

https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/210693

[bm-contemporary-art]

Uhuru, Nelson Stevens, 1971, Brooklyn Museum: Contemporary Art

Size: Sheet: 40 x 30 in. (101.6 x 76.2 cm) Medium: Screenprint on paper

https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/210693

[bm-contemporary-art]

Untitled (Stevie Wonder), Nelson Stevens, ca. 1980, Brooklyn Museum: Contemporary Art

Size: on the diagonal: 42 x 42 in. (106.7 x 106.7 cm) Medium: Acrylic on artist board

https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/210700

[portraitsgallery]

Nelson Stevens, Towards Identity, 1970

[umasscontemporaryart-blog]

Welcome to Week 2 of our #featurefriday series! Since we featured a piece from our archives last week, this week we are bringing you a piece that is currently on display at the UMCA! “Primal Force” by Nelson Stevens, 1975, silkscreen/screen print on heavy wove paper; edition 13/100. Gift of the @umass_artdepartment . On display in the North Gallery as part of the “Speak to Me of Rivers” exhibition. When asked which piece the Curator, @k3tellem, thought should be featured, she said... “I love the Nelson Stevens piece! It’s beautiful! Stevens utilizes bright “cool-aide colors” and rhythmic lines to really imbue his work with a spirit of Black self-determination and Black pride. It’s one of my favorites because it’s one of those pieces that aesthetically embodies the vitality of the Black Power era.” Want to learn more? Join us for “In Conversation” February 27th at 5pm, full details on our event page (https://www.facebook.com/events/545482759303965/) AND Check out the “Speak to Me of Rivers” blog http://blogs.umass.edu/speaktome/ #speaktomeofrivers #inconversation #nelsonstevens (at University Museum of Contemporary Art) https://www.instagram.com/p/BuMOExhhIZ5/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1upa26lk3qahk