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Romare Bearden at DC Moore Gallery

At the end of Romare Bearden’s ‘Bayou Fever,’ a 1979 ballet storyboarded by the artist but never performed, all problems are resolved and ‘The Emperor of the Golden Trumpet’ plays for the characters as they travel to New Orleans for Mardi Gras. One of twenty-one panels, this artwork demonstrates Bearden’s wonderful storytelling capacity and facility with collage. (At DC Moore Gallery through April 29th).

Romare Bearden, one of twenty-one panels from ‘Bayou Fever,’ approx. 6 x 9 inches, collage, acrylic, ink and pencil on fiberboard, 1979.

Romare Bearden in ‘Collage: Made in America’ at Michael Rosenfeld Gallery

Romare Bearden’s ‘The Evening Meal of Prophet Peterson’ is a standout in Michael Rosenfeld Gallery’s current show of collage in American art.   Combining multiple images for the faces of the main male and female characters at an abundant dinner table, Bearden invites speculation on the many facets that make up a man or woman. (In Chelsea through April 1st).

Romare Bearden, The Evening Meal of Prophet Peterson, collage of various papers on paperboard, 12 ½ x 15 ¾ inches, 1964.