Satire and humor are fundamental elements in the work of painter Peter Williams, who uses historical references and allegories to comment on discrimination. This exhibition is focused around a fictional Black universe, where people of color escape oppression on Earth to find refuge as well as new horizons in outer space. (The fantasy is a metaphor, of course.) Williams’s art is vibrantly colorful, and the spindly, friendly looking characters are reminiscent of children’s books. —E.C.
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Peter Williams: Black Universe
When
July 9 – Oct 10, 2020
Where
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Peter Williams, “Birdland,” 2020. Courtesy of Luis de Jesus, Los Angeles.
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Art
California African American Museum