Tradition and Conflict: Images of a Turbulent Decade, 1963-1973

15 May–30 June 1987

This exhibition of more than 80 paintings, photographs, and sculpture portraying the Civil Rights Movement features more than 50 artists, whose works were profoundly affected by the turmoil and unrest that characterized the Sixties. The exhibit also includes anti-war and feminist artists whose own movements were influenced by the ideals of the civil rights struggles, and reveals how these and other artists use art, and specifically unique narratives and symbolic images, to respond to the civil rights movement. The Smart Museum sponsored a one-day symposium that investigated in detail the complex issues associated with the show. The exhibition was organized by the Studio Museum of Harlem.

Funding was provided in part by the Borg-Warner Foundation, Johnson Publishing Company, and South Shore Bank. 

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