Saturday Night Sunday Morning explores the cultural implications of two significant days of the week. Themes explored include pageantry, jazz clubs, cruising, barbershops, hip hop culture, dance halls, sports, church services and family scenes. The exhibit offers insight into the lives of Sunday morning worshippers in black churches and Saturday night revelers in clubs, pool halls and juke joints.
---- Deborah Willis
Saturday Night Sunday Morning is an exhibit of nearly 200 photographs documenting the life of Saturday evenings and Sunday mornings in African American culture. Curated by Deborah Willis, distinguished NYU professor, noted photographer and curator, and critically acclaimed author of such books as Reflections in Black: A History of Black Photography 1840 to the Present (W.W. Norton, 2000), Black: A Celebration of Culture (Hylas, 2004), and Family History Memory: Recording African American Life (Hylas, 2005). Included in the exhibit are images by over 100 photographers from across the country, from such well known artists as Gordon Parks, Carrie Mae Weems and Clarissa Sligh, as well as contributions by notable California photographers Alan Kimara Dixon, Jessica Ingram, Nashormeh N.R. Lindo and Hank Willis Thomas. Saturday Night Sunday Morningis the foundation for the 40 Acres Art Gallery’s month-long celebration of February’s Black History is American History.
Forty Acres’ Youth Art Gallery is also pleased to present the photographs of advanced art students attending Sacramento High School, documenting their personal experiences on Saturday night and Sunday morning.
Saturday Night Sunday Morning was organized by Leica Gallery, New York.
