Share this page Feb 15, 2017 — Jul 9, 2017 More than 50 works are included in this exhibition that explores the viewpoint of African-American artists. The earliest examples are clay vessels made by enslaved potter and poet David Drake along with an 1850 painting View of Asheville, North Carolina by free man of color Robert Duncanson. The exhibition also features works by such 20th-century luminaries as William H. Johnson, Romare Bearden, and Jacob Lawrence. More contemporary highlights include Kara Walker, Carrie Mae Weems, Leo Twiggs, Gary Grier, and Jonathan Green. Alongside Masterworks of Color, the GCMA presents In a Mirror, Darkly, which examines the issues and images created when white artists portray black subjects and experiences, and Carew Rice, a retrospective of the renowned Lowcountry silhouettist’s works from the 1930s through the 1960s. Back Frederick Brown (1945-2012) Billie's Blues 1986 oil on linen view Merton Simpson (1928-2013) Orangeburg Massacre circa 1968 oil on canvas view William Henry Johnson (1901-1970) Flowering Trees, Norway circa 1937 oil on burlap view Beauford Delaney (1901-1979) Washington Square 1952 oil on canvas view David Drake (circa 1870 - circa 1870) storage vessel 1858 alkaline-glazed stoneware view Robert S. Duncanson (1821-1872) View of Asheville, North Carolina 1850 oil on canvas view Robert Colescott (1925-2009) Les Demoiselles D'Alabama (Des Nudas) 1985 acrylic on canvas view