Spring Study
Benny Andrews
Artwork
Walkers with the Dawn
1930-2006
Oil and collage on paper
28 in x 22 5/8 in
2005
Label:
Being walkers with the dawn and morning,
Walkers with the sun and morning,
We are not afraid of night,
Nor days of gloom,
Nor darkness––
Being walkers with the sun and morning.
Langston Hughes
As Exhibited In:
Elevation from Within: The Study of Art at Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC, September 1–December 17, 2021, Fisk University, Nashville, TN, April 7–September 15, 2022, Florida A & M University, Tallahassee, FL, January 21–May 5, 2023, Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD, January 22–May 19, 2024
Cut & Paste: Collage as an Artistic Practice, TJC Gallery, Spartanburg, SC, August 7–October 25, 2019
To Teach is to Learn: Lessons in African American Art of the South, TJC Gallery, Spartanburg, SC, August 31, 2017–January 12, 2018
Beyond the Harlem Renaissance, TJC Gallery, Spartanburg, SC, February 20–April 2, 2014
Walkers with the Dawn: A Century of African-American Art in the South, TJC Gallery, Spartanburg, SC, May 13–July 21, 2011
About This Artist