Background
Sims, Lowery Stokes was born on February 13, 1949 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Daughter of John Jacob and Bernice Marion Sims.
(Explores the visualization of geometry and geometrical fo...)
Explores the visualization of geometry and geometrical forms through history with an emphasis on modern and contemporary art. This work visual journey that records not only the commonalities of human perception throughout the ages and in different cultures, but also the continuing dialogue of vanguard art from the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries.
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(Geometry can be found all around us. The Persistence of G...)
Geometry can be found all around us. The Persistence of Geometry is an exploration of the visualization of geometry and geometrical forms through history with a special emphasis on modern and contemporary art. It is a highly personal visual journey that records not only the commonalities of human perception throughout the ages and in different cultures, but also the continuing dialogue of vanguard art from the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries with traditional and historical art. The Persistence of Geometry provides an opportunity to understand forms and shapes as carriers of meaning that are both specific to a particular cultural context and universal in their immediate appeal. It presents works of art that date from the Neolithic and Predynastic periods in China and Egypt to the contemporary period in New York City.
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(This book provides a savvy survey of the latest work by d...)
This book provides a savvy survey of the latest work by designers, craftspeople, and architects of African descent around the world. Artists and designers of African ancestry-many in Africa but also others throughout Europe, the Americas, and the Far East- are working in a wide array of mediums: fashion, architecture, non-traditional crafts, design, fine art, and photography. Authors Lowery Stokes Sims and Leslie King-Hammond, together with six contributors, challenge presumptions of what constitutes an 'African' style or aesthetic, and demonstrate the power and expressive potential of materials, textures and forms. Work by well-known artists such as Yinka Shonibare, MBE and architects including David Adjaye appear alongside those of lesser-known but equally exciting designers whose garments, carpets, baskets, ceramics, furniture, body arts, wall painting, photographs and sculpture blur the distinction between art and craft. The result is an enormously diverse display of young and established talent, and a wide-ranging survey of contemporary African art and design.
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Sims, Lowery Stokes was born on February 13, 1949 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Daughter of John Jacob and Bernice Marion Sims.
Bachelor in Art History, Queens College, 1970. Master of Philosophy, Queens College, 1989. Doctor of Philosophy in Art History, City University of New York, 1995.
Master of Arts in Art History, Johns Hopkins University, 1972. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Maryland College Art, Baltimore, 1988. Doctor of Arts (honorary), Moore College Art, Philadelphia, 1990.
Doctor of Arts, Brown University, Providence, 2003.
Museum education associate Metropolitan Museum Art, New York City, 1972-1975, assistant curator, 1975-1979, associate curator, 1979-1995, curator, 1995—1999. Executive director Studio Museum in Harlem, 1999—2005, president, 2005—2006, adjunct curator, 2006—2007. Curator Museum Arts and Design, since 2007.
(This book provides a savvy survey of the latest work by d...)
(Explores the visualization of geometry and geometrical fo...)
(Geometry can be found all around us. The Persistence of G...)
Board of directors Caribbean Cultural Center, New York City, 1975-1980, 90-, Tiffany Foundation, New York City, since 1994. Member International Association Art Critics, College Art Association (board directors since 1993, Mather award for art criticism 1991).