Gallery Talk at DAM - Hughie Lee-Smith - Saturday, Feb. 21st, 4-6pm

Posted on February 19, 2009 at 12:24

Please join us on Saturday, February 21, 2009, from 4-6 p.m. for a special Gallery Talk about Hughie Lee-Smith.

This Gallery Talk features a distinguished panel of family, friends, artists and art professionals in a discussion about Hughie Lee-Smith - his life, his work, and his relationships to the art and world around him.

PANELISTS:
Karen Bowers, Hughie Lee-Smith’s stepdaughter
Michael Hall - Artist, art critic, collector
Marion Jackson - Distinguished Professor, Art History, Wayne State University
Stephanie James - Assistant Curator, General Motors Center for African American Art, Detroit Institute of Arts
Richard Lewis - Artist, Teacher


The Detroit Artists Market is proud to present this special exhibition of works by Hughie Lee-Smith (1915-1999).  "Hughie Lee-Smith" runs through Saturday, February 28, 2009.  Don’t miss your opportunity to see this exceptional show.

In addition to his exceptional oil paintings, this exhibition features drawings, watercolors, sketches, colored ink works, and lithographs.  Works date from 1934 to 1999, his last year.  Spending time with this collection, you will easily notice his consistencies and iconic imagery, but you will also be struck by the diversity of styles and media he chose to use at different times.

Hughie Lee-Smith first showed at the Detroit Artists Market in a four-person show in 1947, and was a regular part of Market activity in the 1940s and 50s.  He shaped his early career in Detroit, and earned the Detroit Institute of Arts Founders Prize in 1953.  He was also locally known as a favorite art teacher, providing private lessons to area enthusiasts.  Lee-Smith had a long, abiding relationship with the Detroit Artists Market, which was among the first venues to show African-American artists.  He attributed his early success "....in large measure to the generous exposure given my paintings at The Detroit Artists Market."