historical context / reference
Black abstraction and canon reassessment, 2006–2025
Later exhibitions and museum scholarship—including Energy/Experimentation, Procession, major collection reframings, and retrospectives—have made the historical visibility of Black abstraction itself a subject of study. AEU treats this as historiography, not a single corrective endpoint.
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Direct sources
- Energy/Experimentation: Black Artists and Abstraction, 1964–1980catalogue · verified 2026-09-09Open source ↗
- Procession: The Art of Norman Lewismuseum exhibition · verified 2026-09-09Open source ↗
- Collection in Context: Abstractionmuseum topic · verified 2026-09-09Open source ↗
- Jack Whittenmuseum artist record · verified 2026-09-09Open source ↗