Colored: Expanding American History by Joyce Owens at the H.F. Johnson Gallery of Art | |
 Joyce Owens, a professor of art at Chicago State University, has exhibited her work at Yale University, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Martin Luther King Complex in Columbus, Ohio, the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago and the Chicago Cultural Center. Owens' work was included in the book, "African Art: The Diaspora and Beyond." She is a figurative artist, "who wants people to look beyond the outer layers of skin, and search the many levels of humanity and personality within. To look beyond masks----the many faces we all wear." She creates images "that will inspire the viewer to re-evaluate limited perceptions of African-Americans...to expand our senses, aesthetics and perspectives so that we might see how beautiful African-Americans are; that we might understand and appreciate their everyday heroic acts; and that we will come to see that they have been the pillars of our nation, our history, our culture." Gallery Hours are Tuesday-Friday: 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Thursday evening 6-8 p.m. and Saturday 1-4 p.m. The show will run until May 17th.
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