Norman Lewis

ACA Galleries is pleased to announce its upcoming exhibition, 'Continuum: Over 100 Years of Black Art,' that celebrates the range of styles and content in paintings, drawings and sculptures by African American artists from the 19th century to the present.

ACA Galleries' tradition of showcasing work by African American artists goes back to its founding in 1932. This legacy brings together seminal figures and contemporary voices across generations. Work by Romare Bearden, Winston Branch, Elizabeth Catlett, Allan Crite, Robert Colescott, Sam Gilliam, Clementine Hunter, Paul Keene, Jacob Lawrence, Norman Lewis, Richard Mayhew, Winfred Rembert, Faith Ringgold, Augusta Savage, Henry O. Tanner, Bob Thompson and Charles White, among others, will be on view.

This exhibition presents the artists from the legendary Spiral Group and the ways their artwork and production were influenced by their brief association. The Spiral Group was a New York–based African American artists’ collective active from 1963 to 1965. Founded by Charles Alston, Romare Bearden, Norman Lewis, and Hale Woodruff to explore the relationships between art and activism. The group also included artists Emma Amos, Calvin Douglass, Perry Ferguson, Reginald Gammon, Felrath Hines, Alvin Hollingsworth, William Majors, Richard Mayhew, Earl Miller, Merton D. Simpson and James Yeargans.