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Known for his \u2018rough\u2019 collage and socially committed artwork, late NYC artist Benny Andrews<\/a> traveled the U.S. in his final years, following the paths of migrants he pictured in his \u2018Migrant Series,\u2019 now on view at Michael Rosenfeld Gallery<\/a>.\u00a0 \u00a0Linking to his own diverse ancestry, Andrews pictured the forced migration in the 19th<\/sup> century of Native Americans from the southeastern US in the \u2018Trail of Tears\u2019, the experiences of Black Americans participating in the Great Migration from south to north in the early to mid-20th<\/sup> century, and farmers and their families who left the Great Plains during the Dust Bowl era.\u00a0 Andrews\u2019 characteristic open spaces of canvas lend themselves to the feeling of strangeness that pervades pictures of train stations, encampments and other points of departure as figures set out into the unknown.\u00a0 Here, Black migrants perform for or serve white patrons at the Cotton Club, a representation of skill and hard work that speaks to the resilience of those forced to make their way into new lives.\u00a0 (On view through Aug 7th<\/sup>).<\/p>\n

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Benny Andrews, Cotton Club Study #4, The Migrant Series: Great Migration, oil on canvas with painted fabric collage in artist\u2019s original painted frame, 24 \u00be x 18 7\/8 x 1 \u00be inches, 2004.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Benny Andrews, (detail of) Cotton Club Study #4, The Migrant Series: Great Migration, oil on canvas with painted fabric collage in artist\u2019s original painted frame, 24 \u00be x 18 7\/8 x 1 \u00be inches, 2004.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Known for his \u2018rough\u2019 collage and socially committed artwork, late NYC artist Benny Andrews traveled the U.S. in his final years, following the paths of migrants he pictured in his \u2018Migrant Series,\u2019 now on view at Michael Rosenfeld Gallery.\u00a0 \u00a0Linking to his own diverse ancestry, Andrews pictured the forced migration in the 19th century of … <\/p>\n

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