CORY REYNOLDS | DATE 7/27/2022

'Young, Gifted and Black: A New Generation of Artists' opens at Manetti Shrem Museum

Young, Gifted and Black: A New Generation of Artists opens this week at the Manetti Shrem Museum at UC Davis, and we are proud to have published the exhibition catalog—now in its third printing and going strong. Pictured here are spreads featuring work by Jordan Casteel, Sadie Barnette and Paul Mpagi Sepuya—all artists in their thirties. Other artists, spanning several generations, include Mark Bradford, David Hammons, Glenn Ligon, Kerry James Marshall, Julie Mehretu, Adam Pendleton, Pope.L, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Henry Taylor, Mickalene Thomas, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, Christina Quarles and Jacolby Satterwhite, to name just a few. Drawn from the renowned collection of Bernard I. Lumpkin and Carmine D. Boccuzzi, this beautifully-produced book is also a call to action, documenting not just an exemplary collecting philosophy, but a full-fledged support system driven by passion, personal history and a commitment to promoting not just artists but writers and curators of color throughout their careers. Edited by Antwaun Sargent, it features writing by Graham C. Boettcher, Jessica Bell Brown, Connie H. Choi, Anthony Graham, Lauren Haynes, Jamillah James, Thomas J. Lax, Hallie Ringle, Adeze Wilford, Gordon Dearborn Wilkins and Matt Wycoff, curator of the traveling exhibition. Studio Museum Director and Chief Curator Thelma Golden contributes an interview with the driving force behind the collection, Bernard Lumpkin.