A new exhibit of the artist Dox Thrash is opening at the African American Museum in Philadelphia.
Dox Thrash, the Philly printmaker known for depicting everyday 20th-century Black life, will be subject of exhibit
Richard Watson, an artist in residence and exhibits manager with the African American Museum in Philadelphia, prepares one of Dox Thrash's works for the new exhibit.arrived in Philadelphia in 1926, the young man had already experienced a full spectrum of Black American life. His drawings and prints documented what it looked like to be a Black person in early 20th-century America, depicting what he saw in rural Georgia, Chicago, Philadelphia and even on the front lines of the first World War.
“You get to look through Thrash’s eyes, through life experiences,” said Dejay Duckett, vice president of curatorial services at AAMP. “It gives such, such rich lights and darks. These velvety blacks. It’s a sumptuous process of print-making.”
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