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Article: Joe Overstreet at Wilmer Jennings. (New York).(painting exhibition)(Brief Article)
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- Art in America
- Article date:
- January 1, 2002
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Periodically for about 40 years now, Joe Overstreet has produced a new series of paintings, often involving references to African-American history. In the "Storyville Series" (1998), images from the early history of jazz combine with a visual style based at a distance on the legacy of Abstract Expressionism and Color Field painting. "Facing the Door of No Return" (1993) reflects the imprint of a trip to Senegal in a more abstract, painterly style.
In his new series, "Silver Screens" (2001), Overstreet has complexified his work with new elements of spatial depth and shadow play that link to the cinematic associations of the series' title. In most of the works the ...
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