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Rhythmic Abstraction: The Art of Arthur Monroe

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Date and Time

  • Fri, Oct 11, 2024 - Mon, Jan 20, 2025  

Location

Blue Lotus Artists' Collective
15 E Pennington St

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Details

Blue Lotus Artists’ Collective is pleased to present a solo exhibition of large-scale, abstract paintings and works on paper by the late Oakland-based artist Arthur Monroe. Monroe’s works reflect his participation within several of the major cultural movements of the twentieth century.

Born in the Bedford Stuyvesant District of Brooklyn, New York in 1935 he was steeped in the NY School of Abstract Expressionism, studying with Hans Hoffman, rubbing shoulders with Willem de Kooning and Franz Kline, and hanging out at the Cedar Bar. Following his service in the Korean War in the 1950s, Monroe moved to California’s Bay Area entering the heart of the Jazz and Beat scene of writers, musicians, poets, and painters. Lawrence Ferlinghetti gave him his first one-person show at City Lights Bookstore in North Beach.

Blue Lotus Artists' Collective (BLAC) is a non-profit gallery space dedicated to supporting and uplifting Black Artists. Located on the ground floor of the historic Pioneer Building in downtown Tucson, Arizona, our gallery is a place where the community can come together to celebrate, appreciate and see the art and talent of Black Artists.

BLAC is open Thursday-Saturday from 12 p.m. - 5 p.m. or by appointment.

Special events:

  • October 5, 5 – 8pm
    Saturday Art Walk: Sneak peek at Rhythmic Abstraction: The Art of Arthur Monroe
  • October 10, 6:30 – 8 
    Conversation with Exhibition Curators Alistair Monroe and Joanne Stuhr
  • October 11, 5:30 – 8pm
    Opening Reception of Rhythmic Abstraction: The Art of Arthur Monroe
    In conjunction with MOCA & area galleries   
  • November 2, 5 – 8pm
    Saturday Art Walk, Screening of Black Art: In the Absence of Light
  • December 7, 5 – 8pm
    Saturday Art Walk, Sam Bloom, Spoken Word
  • January 4, 5 – 8pm
    Saturday Art Walk, Special performance (watch website for details)
  • January 20, 6 - 8pm
    Martin Luther King Celebration and exhibition closing