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YOUNG, GIFTED AND BLACK THE TOUR CONTINUES.

January 18, 2022 10:16AM

Lehigh University Art Galleries (LUAG) will present Young, Gifted and Black: The Lumpkin Boccuzzi Family Collection of Contemporary Art this February. This exhibition of works by artists of African descent is drawn exclusively from the highly regarded private collection of Bernard I. Lumpkin and Carmine D. Boccuzzi. Although many works in the Lumpkin-Boccuzzi Family Collection have been lent to museums over the years, Young, Gifted and Black is the first stand-alone public exhibition curated from this exceptional collection showcasing works in a variety of media, by emerging artists, alongside works by established artists who have paved the way for the younger generation. The exhibition is co-curated by writer and critic Antwaun Sargent, an authority on Black art and visual culture, and artist Matt Wycoff, who has worked closely with Mr. Lumpkin on the collection for many years. The curatorial selections are grouped into roughly four categories: Black, Color, Materiality, and Portraiture. These groupings are suggestive of the breadth and depth of the Lumpkin-Boccuzzi Family collection and attempt to represent the wide range of concerns Black artists are pursuing today.

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Image: © Cy Gavin, Courtesy of the artist and Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York / Rome