Visit the gallery this holiday weekend
to view Black Politics Act One
by Painter Frank Schroeder.

Weekend Hours:
Friday, November 29th
12:00 noon – 5:00 p.m.
Saturday, November 30th
12:00 noon – 4:00 p.m.

THE  RETURN TO PRIZM
AT ART BASEL, MIAMI, 2019

December 2nd – December 8th 
September Gray Fine Art Gallery is pleased to announce participation in the Prizm Art Fair, 2019exhibiting works of 4 compelling artists: Alexi TorresKevin ColeJamele Wright, Sr. , and Frank Schroeder.  Learn more about the artists and their work below! For its seventh edition, PRIZM will present the work of 39 artists within a curated exhibition entitled “Love in the Time of Hysteria” curated and organized by William Cordova, Ryan Dennis, Naiomy Guerrero, Oshun Layne, and Mikhaile Solomon.

Read more here

Location:

Downtown Miami
Alfred I. DuPont  Building
169 E Flagler St #5, Miami, FL 33131

Schedule:

FAIR PREVIEW & OPENING 
(Advanced RSVP required)
Preview – Monday, December 2, 6 pm – 9 pm
Opening-  Tuesday, December 3, 5 pm – 9 pm

GENERAL ADMISSION
Wednesday | December 4, 10 am – 6 pm
Thursday | December 5, 10 am – 6 pm
Friday | December 6, 10 am – 6 pm
Saturday | December 7, 10 am – 6 pm
Sunday | December 8, 10 am – 6 pm

ALEXI TORRES | LINK

Alexi Torres discusses the relationship between nature and man in a contemporary context emphasizing the interconnectedness of all living things. His works are exceptionally complex, intricately weaving together organic and symbolic elements to create monumental works that challenge the viewer to see beneath the surface into the archetypal qualities of his subjects. He seeks to initiate a dialogue on the effects and power of human thought and behavior on the ever-changing environment and the need for appreciation of what is.

KEVIN COLE | LINK

“Truth is my work is a colorful reminder of promises unkept, imperialism still institutionalized, and stealth deceit that has stolen the dreams and birthrights of twenty generations of a once-proud people. It stands in contrast to the canon just as Normal Lewis’ work stood in contrast to those who framed early abstract expressionism.”

JAMELE WRIGHT, SR | LINK

The way Wright uses materials to create language is a remix of fabrics representing culture. To piece together visual communication, he sews in fragments of Dutch wax cloth and manufactured cotton cloth with batik printing. There are wax prints named after cities, personalities, structures, and slangs. He states,” This fabric has been adopted into African cultures as a way of expression.Wright describes this body of work as a story of histories –in which –he also is able to exist in the storytelling. ” The fabric carries my energy as I charge it. I am included in the continuation of history.  He describes this ritual in relationship to the symbolism of Gris-Gris bags. These bags in Islamic culture ward off bad luck. Researchers believe they originated in Ghana.  Wright states, “Historians have traced the word “Gris-Gris” back to the African word “JuJu”, which means fetish. The Gris-Gris bag came to America during the slave trade. African Americans carried the tradition, remixing the meaning.

FRANK SCHROEDER | LINK

Symbolically Schroeder’s use of the mask is gleaned from a history in which the Dan people of Liberia and the Ivory Coast sewed small masks onto a piece of cloth and carried them in a leather pouch, hence called, passport masks. “ This body of work is rooted in my experiences growing up between two continents during a tumultuous war born from French colonial history that inspired me to try to change the world with each brushstroke. This is personal work that addresses silence, endless waiting, loneliness and invisibility that shaped the development of how my identity was defined by others and myself.”

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SEPTEMBER GRAY ART GALLERY PRESENTS

FRANK SCHROEDER

“BLACK POLITICS ACT ONE”

Opening November 8th 6:00 to 9:00 pm

75 Bennett Street, Suite O-2 Atlanta, Georgia 30309  | 404.907.1923
Work by Frank Schroeder © 2019

October 30, 2019, Atlanta, GA – September Gray Art Gallery is proud to present  Black Politics, Act One, a solo exhibition by artist  Frank Schroeder. This exhibition explores black identity through  the lens of an Afro-European son of a French woman and an African man from the Ivory Coast.  Like many bi-cultural artists, Afro-Europeans’ work is often excluded from discourses about Black identity, with parallel colonial histories  throughout the African Diaspora in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Caribbean, South Central and North America. A classically trained artist in the tradition of Cericault, Delacroix, Picasso and Matisse, Schroeder creates a dialogue between classicism and  Art Brut with hip-hop inspired neo-expressionist graffiti art from the 1970s and 80s. He integrates deliberate, rapid brushworks combined with vivid colors and contrasts that are reminiscent of fauvism on canvas, cardboard and acrylic. His choice of material expresses the juxtaposition between European and African sensibilities  gleaned from a colonial history, that is at the forefront of this body of work. Schoeder creates a potent expressive aesthetic that tells his story quickly and viscerally with an urban cadence. Gallerist, September Gray asserts, “Frank’s paintings are an affirmation of Black identity in which fighting for emancipation and freedom is intricately intertwined with the post-colonial black experience.”

In the spirit of  classical theatre, Schroeder has divided Black Politics into two acts, of which the first is on view until January 19, 2020. Like classical theatre, the ideas and process of painting parallel the action on a stage. His inquiry about identity as a Black man in the world is the pinnacle of his narrative, and the resolution is within the imagery that gives definition to the African mask.

Symbolically Schroeder’s use of the mask is gleaned from a history in which the Dan people of Liberia and the Ivory Coast sewed small masks onto a piece of cloth and carried them in a leather pouch, hence called, passport masks. “ This body of work is rooted in my experiences growing up between two continents during a tumultuous war born from French colonial history that inspired me to try to change the world with each brushstroke. This is personal work that addresses silence, endless waiting, loneliness and invisibility that shaped the development of how my identity was defined by others and myself.”

About Frank Schroeder 

Frank Schroeder is a contemporary  African artist based in Port-Vendres, Languedoc whose work has been exhibited in the United States, Scotland,  Spain, Nigeria, Togo, Ghana, Ivory Coast and the United Kingdom. His work integrates religious and philosophical themes through colorful narratives.  He studied at Image Communication School and Orleans Art School in France and currently resides in Languedoc, France.

About September Gray Fine Art Gallery 

September Gray Fine Art Gallery (SGAG) specializes in contemporary works by  established, mid-career and emerging African American and African Diaspora artists.  SGAG presents historically and culturally significant fine art as a means of championing the preservation of the cultural legacy and  visual narrative of the African Diaspora.

 For further information or to request images

members of the media may contact:

  September Gray, Gallery Director

Phone: 404.907.1923

OPENS NOVEMBER 8, 2019

RSVP HERE

75 Bennett St NW Suite O-2, Atlanta, GA 30309
“I’m using my roots
as a black male artist
to discuss black identity in America and the fight against racism.”
The gallery formerly invites you to join us for a special exhibition featuring the works of painter Frank Schroeder. From his work Black Politics, Schroeder will exhibit unique editions from this series in Atlanta for the first time. These paintings show deep black roots from the  past and present–reimagining a future through a colorful and illustrative visualization of the traditional African face mask. Black Politics I is an opening you don’t want to miss!
See Interview With Frank  HERE
“Words are inserted as memories. They come to mind as I’m painting as flashbacks. They are not planned, but personal links for me.”
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BLACK POLITICS I 
NEW DATE
OPENS NOVEMBER 8, 2019
ON VIEW THROUGH JANUARY 17, 2019 

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“In the beginning was Africa, the sculpted representation of traditions and generations. The Black Politics series affirms that African roots and descendents in Europe and the USA are not frozen in the past, folklore, or underdeveloped. Far from Tam-tam, dust, and misery, Black Politics redefines the modernity of traditional black culture. Black Politics shows that black roots are deep in the past, but are also modern, inventive and illustrative of the future. This exhibition is a political act as it responds to the violence and negative views towards blacks as seen in mass incarceration, systemic racism and U.S. policing. It is our rich stories that build new beginnings. The masks in Black Politics are honorable as they are a symbol of transformation. “

– Frank Schroeder

For updates about exhibitions and programming , follow September Gray Fine Art gallery over social media. 

September Gray Fine Art Gallery (SGAG) is Atlanta’s premier gallery specializing in contemporary works by established, mid-career and emerging African American and African Diaspora artists. SGAG presents historically and culturally significant works as a means for championing the preservation of the African Diaspora cultural legacy and narrative.

Our Offerings

SGAG denudes the intricacies of the art market by assisting corporate and private collectors with articulating and executing single acquisition and long-term collection strategies that both reflect their individual tastes and advance their short-term and long-term investment goals.

In addition, SGAG offers a comprehensive range of complementary fine art, curatorial and consulting services to private and corporate clients and is conversant in the discreet assessment, acquisition and placement of fine art within its exclusive network of collectors.

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May 28, 2019

CONTACT
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September Gray

Phone Number | 404-907-1923
Email | [email protected]

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In Transit: The Return Home
A Ritual of Disrupting Systems, Patterns and Language to Evolve  

” Through repetition it becomes part of our vernacular. Changing meanings of words, creating new ones, breaking code, reconstructing code”

– Jamele Wright, Sr.

Opening Reception  | RSVP Here

ATLANTA  In Transit: The Return Home opens Thursday, June 6th from 6:00 to 8:30 pm at September Gray Art gallery. (75 Bennett Street, Suite 0-2, Atlanta, GA 30309) The exhibition will be on view through September 13, 2019.  This series examines codes and meanings. Wright recycles and re-purposes fabric, using a process he explains as Hip-Hop sampling. Wright states, “Hip Hop is the music of my youth. In the music, the technique of sampling takes a portion of  an audio recording– and mixes it into another. Samples allow a connection to a feeling that is connected to memory and a variety of styles like gospel, R&B, soul or blues –but not limited to these genres.”

The way Wright uses materials to create language is a remix of fabrics representing culture. To piece together visual communication, he sews in fragments of Dutch wax cloth and manufactured cotton cloth with batik printing. There are wax prints named after cities, personalities, structures, and slangs. He states,” This fabric has been adopted into African cultures as a way of expression.

Wright describes this body of work as a story of histories –in which –he also is able to exist in the storytelling. ” The fabric carries my energy as I charge it. I am included in the continuation of history.  He describes this ritual in relationship to the symbolism of Gris-Gris bags. These bags in Islamic culture ward off bad luck. Researchers believe they originated in Ghana.  Wright states, “Historians have traced the word “Gris-Gris” back to the African word “JuJu”, which means fetish. The Gris-Gris bag came to America during the slave trade. African Americans carried the tradition, remixing the meaning.

Gallery Director, September Gray, calls the exhibition a cultural journey in exploring stories of past and present.  She states, “  this series allows the viewer to engage with visual communication that is coded in ancestral bonds, honoring endurance, survival, and hope for a progressive destination as the colors are bold and bright.”

In this body of work, the artist creates a conversation between family, tradition, the spiritual and material relationship between the continent of Africa and the Southern region of America. Wright’s process is influenced by Hip-Hop sampling, a gathering of a variety of culture. He describes the feeling, or sampling of the work, as “charged energy passed and channeled through Pan African lineage”. Overall, the work is inspired by the Great Migration of Black Americans, who left the familiar in the hope of something better.

Born and raised in Ohio at the age of 22,  Jamele Wright, Sr. and his family migrated to Atlanta, Georgia. During the time he raised his children, Jamele produced art, jazz, and poetry events in Atlanta. Realizing there were many underground artists in the area not represented by a gallery, he created Neo-Renaissance Art House. After curating exhibitions for a year– Jamele was inspired to pursue his own artistic career. After a number of solo and group exhibitions, Wright pursued formal training and  graduated from Georgia State University with a B.A. in Art History. He concentrated on African and African American Contemporary Art. Jamele graduated with Masters of Fine Art from the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan, New York. He also completed a fellowship at Project for Empty Spaces in Newark, New Jersey.

 For press inquiries– please contact  404-502-3775 

September Gray Fine Art Gallery (SGAG) is Atlanta’s premier gallery specializing in contemporary works by established, mid-career and emerging African American and African Diaspora artists. SGAG presents historically and culturally significant works as a means for championing the preservation of the African Diaspora cultural legacy and narrative.

Our Offerings

SGAG denudes the intricacies of the art market by assisting corporate and private collectors with articulating and executing single acquisition and long-term collection strategies that both reflect their individual tastes and advance their short-term and long-term investment goals.

In addition, SGAG offers a comprehensive range of complementary fine art, curatorial and consulting services to private and corporate clients and is conversant in the discreet assessment, acquisition and placement of fine art within its exclusive network of collectors.

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In Transit:
The Return Home 

OPENING RECEPTION
June 6, 2019
6:00 to 8:30 p.m.

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Exhibiting June 6 –  September 13, 2019​

“This work is inspired by the Great Migration of Black Americans, who left the familiar in the hope of something better.”
– Jamele Wright, Jr.

You are cordially invited to the gallery on June 6th to see the work of Jamele Wright, Jr. for the opening exhibitin of In Transit: The Return Home. In this body of work, the artist creates a conversation between family, tradition, the spiritual and material relationship between Africa and the American South. Wright’s process is influenced by the way Hip Hop gathers a variety of culture through sampling– and “is charged with energy passed and channeled through Pan African lineage”.

For exhibition and programming updates,
follow September Gray Fine Art gallery over social media. 

Important Navigation Directions: A search by name entry may take you to the gallery’s former location in Old Fourth Ward. Enter 75 Bennett Street, Atlanta, GA, 30309 as your navigation entry. The gallery is located in Buckhead off Peachtree street near Houstons restaurant.  The suite is in the building of the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia ( MOCA GA).

September Gray Fine Art Gallery (SGAG) is Atlanta’s premier gallery specializing in contemporary works by established, mid-career and emerging African American and African Diaspora artists. SGAG presents historically and culturally significant works as a means for championing the preservation of the African Diaspora cultural legacy and narrative.

Our Offerings

SGAG denudes the intricacies of the art market by assisting corporate and private collectors with articulating and executing single acquisition and long-term collection strategies that both reflect their individual tastes and advance their short-term and long-term investment goals.

In addition, SGAG offers a comprehensive range of complementary fine art, curatorial and consulting services to private and corporate clients and is conversant in the discreet assessment, acquisition and placement of fine art within its exclusive network of collectors.

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In Transit:
The Return Home 

OPENING RECEPTION
June 6, 2019
6:00 to 8:30 p.m.

RSVP here 

Exhibiting June 6 –  September 13, 2019​

“This work is inspired by the Great Migration of Black Americans, who left the familiar in the hope of something better.”
– Jamele Wright, Jr.

You are cordially invited to the gallery on June 6th to see the work of Jamele Wright, Jr. for the opening exhibitin of In Transit: The Return Home. In this body of work, the artist creates a conversation between family, tradition, the spiritual and material relationship between Africa and the American South. Wright’s process is influenced by the way Hip Hop gathers a variety of culture through sampling– and “is charged with energy passed and channeled through Pan African lineage”.

For exhibition and programming updates,
follow September Gray Fine Art gallery over social media. 

Important Navigation Directions: A search by name entry may take you to the gallery’s former location in Old Fourth Ward. Enter 75 Bennett Street, Atlanta, GA, 30309 as your navigation entry. The gallery is located in Buckhead off Peachtree street near Houstons restaurant.  The suite is in the building of the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia ( MOCA GA).

September Gray Fine Art Gallery (SGAG) is Atlanta’s premier gallery specializing in contemporary works by established, mid-career and emerging African American and African Diaspora artists. SGAG presents historically and culturally significant works as a means for championing the preservation of the African Diaspora cultural legacy and narrative.

Our Offerings

SGAG denudes the intricacies of the art market by assisting corporate and private collectors with articulating and executing single acquisition and long-term collection strategies that both reflect their individual tastes and advance their short-term and long-term investment goals.

In addition, SGAG offers a comprehensive range of complementary fine art, curatorial and consulting services to private and corporate clients and is conversant in the discreet assessment, acquisition and placement of fine art within its exclusive network of collectors.

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March 11, 2019

The Magic Within Us” 
Celebrating Women’s History Month, Featuring Sharon Louise Barnes 

Milkman’s Flight 2018

” My work explores process and materials, informed by legacies of will and transformation in the African American experience.”

-Sharon Louise Barnes 

Opening Reception  | RSVP Here

ATLANTA –  The Magic Within Us opens Friday, March 15th from 6 to 9 pm at September Gray Art gallery. (75 Bennett Street, Suite 0-2, Atlanta, GA 30309) The exhibition will be on view through April 2019.   The solo show will exhibit layered paintings, sculptures and Barne’s installation Milkman’s Flight 2018.

Barnes states, “Milkman’s Flight (If You Surrender to the Air, You Can RIde It) is inspired by two major elements.  The character Milkman is from Toni’s Morrison’s novel, Song of Solomon, which builds its story around African American folklore about Flying Africans who flew away from slavery.  Although flying folklore originates in West Africa, it gained new meaning for enslaved black people in America.  In Morrison’s book, Milkman had to learn the forgotten names of his ancestors to discover his ability to soar.  In my own artwork, the folklore of flying Africans has recurred in my paintings for over 20 years, but I never quite knew why this theme compelled me so much.  To my utter amazement, while researching my own ancestry roughly five years ago, I found Peter O’Banyoun, my third great-grandfather who escaped from bondage in Kentucky and fled to Canada to be free.  Imagine my astonishment to learn that I have a Flying African in my own family tree and that I could discover his name.  So, the sculptural installation piece, Milkman’s Flight, is deeply personal to me.  It is dedicated to the courage of all African American ancestors, whose names and histories we must learn to discover our own strengths and find our ability to soar.”

Gallery Director, September Gray describes the exhibition as inspiring, “ Barne’s mixed-media works offer an opportunity to re-imagine power in struggle and offers hope in levitating above obstacles. The gallery is pleased to explore this theme during Women’s History Month .”

My sculptural materials can include things like tarpaper, plaster, wire, newspaper, rope, detritus, things lost and things that have been broken down. By transforming these elements into works of art, I’m reminded of the magical potential of positive change, and that this transformative, healing potential lives in us all.”

 -Sharon Louise Barnes  

Barnes has exhibited in galleries, universities, museums and art fairs, including group shows at the California African American Museum, the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Aqua Art Miami, the Los Angeles Tom Bradley Airport, and at the historic Arco Chato in Panama City, during her residency at Taller Portobello in Panama. She earned her B.A. in Telecommunications-Film and also studied at Otis College of Art & Design.

Born in Sacramento, CA and raised in Los Angeles, she is a rare fifth generation Californian descended from African Americans who fled into free black townships in Canada and later migrated into the free state of California. Their trials and transformational triumphs inspire her work.

 For press inquiries– or  requests for art reviews, please contact  404-502-3775 

September Gray Fine Art Gallery (SGAG) is Atlanta’s premier gallery specializing in contemporary works by established, mid-career and emerging African American and African Diaspora artists. SGAG presents historically and culturally significant works as a means for championing the preservation of the African Diaspora cultural legacy and narrative.

Our Offerings

SGAG denudes the intricacies of the art market by assisting corporate and private collectors with articulating and executing single acquisition and long-term collection strategies that both reflect their individual tastes and advance their short-term and long-term investment goals.

In addition, SGAG offers a comprehensive range of complementary fine art, curatorial and consulting services to private and corporate clients and is conversant in the discreet assessment, acquisition and placement of fine art within its exclusive network of collectors.

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SAVE THE DATE 
Masters In Print
Faith Ringgold & David C. Driskell
with
Master Printer
Curlee Raven Holton

Thursday, November 15th
6:00 to 9:00 pm

Mark your calendars!
 This special exhibition is in collaboration with Raven Fine Art Editions, a private publisher of limited editions.

RSVP Here

Work by Faith Ringgold

 Curlee Raven Holton and Faith Ringgold 

Master Printer 
Curlee Raven Holton

After a 20-year career as professor emeritus at Lafayette College, Curlee Raven Holton opened a commercial print shop, Raven Fine Art Editions, establishing printmaking for fine artists and the fine art market.

Featured Artist
Faith Ringgold

Faith Ringgold, painter, writer, speaker, mixed media sculptor, and performance artist lives and works in La Jolla, California, and Englewood, New Jersey. Ms. Ringgold is professor emeritus at the University of California, San Diego where she taught art from 1987 until 2002. Professor Ringgold is the recipient of more than 75 awards including 22 Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts Degrees.

Featured Artist
David C. Driskell

One of the world’s leading authorities on the subject of African American Art, Professor David C. Driskell is highly regarded as both an artist and a scholar. Born in 1931 in Eatonton, Georgia, David C. Driskell grew up in North Carolina and completed the art program at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Maine, in 1953. He received an undergraduate degree in art from Howard University in 1955 and an M.F.A. from the Catholic University of America in 1962. He then explored post-graduate study in art history at The Netherlands Institute for the History of Art in The Hague. Trained as a painter and art historian, Driskell works primarily in collage and mixed media, and printmaking.

David C. Driskell

Work by David C. Driskell

For exhibition and programming updates,
follow September Gray Fine Art gallery over social media. 

Important Navigation Directions: A search by name entry may take you to the gallery’s former location in Old Fourth Ward. Enter 75 Bennett Street, Atlanta, GA, 30309 as your navigation entry. The gallery is located in Buckhead off Peachtree street near Houstons restaurant.  The suite is in the building of the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia ( MOCA GA).

September Gray Fine Art Gallery (SGAG) is Atlanta’s premier gallery specializing in contemporary works by established, mid-career and emerging African American and African Diaspora artists. SGAG presents historically and culturally significant works as a means for championing the preservation of the African Diaspora cultural legacy and narrative.

Our Offerings

SGAG denudes the intricacies of the art market by assisting corporate and private collectors with articulating and executing single acquisition and long-term collection strategies that both reflect their individual tastes and advance their short-term and long-term investment goals.

In addition, SGAG offers a comprehensive range of complementary fine art, curatorial and consulting services to private and corporate clients and is conversant in the discreet assessment, acquisition and placement of fine art within its exclusive network of collectors.

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July 31, 2018

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Email | [email protected]

Website | https://septembergrayart.com

“Passion and Poetry: The Art of Louis Delsarte” Celebrates Over 50 Years of Art From a Draftsman, Muralist, Educator and Poet

“The art of Louis Delsarte is significant in that he uti­lizes the African American experience to illustrate the universal language of love, peace and harmony for all mankind. Delsarte’s ability to transform the ordinary gives him a unique place in the history of the American Art scene.” 
-Melissa Prunty Kemp, Poet & Writer 

ATLANTA –  Passion and Poetry: The Art of Louis Delsarte is currently on view at September Gray Art gallery  through September 2018. (75 Bennett Street, Suite 0-2, Atlanta, GA 30309)   The solo show exhibits 20 pieces  portraying the divine nature of women and family. Known for his illusionist style, Delsarte explores celestial motifs, dreams and fantasies.

The themes in the series are communal —showing  matriarchs that could be aunts, sisters, mothers or wives. He describes the works as smaller pieces to a big picture, stating, ” Women connect us as they move through life poetically, specifically  through experiences: childbirths, birthdays, marriages, careers and in the arts. To me women are the central focus of the family unit and community.”

Gallery Director, September Gray, who was recently interviewed by Black Art In America , describes Delsarte’s contribution to contemporary art as poignant and timeless. “ Louis Delsarte is a profound figurative expressionist. He captures romantic intrigue, along with spirituality— but also a child-like quality that shows  the innocence of life. In this exhibition, black people celebrate life in many different facets.”

“I am inspired by memories from the past. The souls of loved ones are an integral part of my dreams and visions. The voices of the ancestors speak through me. My work is an interpretation of our communication.”
– Louis Delsarte

Delsarte’s inspiration for his aesthetic strongly reflects a love for figure drawing and abstraction. He gained an appreciation for these styles through his experience as a fellow at Hans Hoffman School of Art in New York, and also by the influence of German abstract expressionism.

Having a legacy in painting and drawing for 64 years,  Delsarte is prominent in representations of collective histories within his works.  Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Delsarte was influenced by history and culture. “As a child, I lived near Ebbets Field and my father and I loved baseball. I was inspired by Jackie Robinson and the barriers that he broke in the field of sports. My subject matter often centers around people from the African Diaspora, but thematically, my work speaks to the universality of all people.” Delsarte has created massive murals representing the stories of leaders from communities. “My greatest joy was designing and executing the MLK mural in 2009 for the city of Atlanta. I wanted to reflect the power of  his sacrifices for humanity.  I took poetic license in remembering him in a spiritual sense.”

In this exhibition, the gallery honors Louis Delsarte and pays respect to humanity. Exhibition programming  includes an artist talk held at the gallery on August 25th from 2 to 4 pm. (RSVP here)

 For press inquiries– or  requests for art reviews, please contact  404-502-3775 

September Gray Fine Art Gallery (SGAG) is Atlanta’s premier gallery specializing in contemporary works by established, mid-career and emerging African American and African Diaspora artists. SGAG presents historically and culturally significant works as a means for championing the preservation of the African Diaspora cultural legacy and narrative.

Our Offerings

SGAG denudes the intricacies of the art market by assisting corporate and private collectors with articulating and executing single acquisition and long-term collection strategies that both reflect their individual tastes and advance their short-term and long-term investment goals.

In addition, SGAG offers a comprehensive range of complementary fine art, curatorial and consulting services to private and corporate clients and is conversant in the discreet assessment, acquisition and placement of fine art within its exclusive network of collectors.

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The Gray Book : Art In Review
Spring Edition 2018

Art in Review: Celebrating 7 Years of Presenting Contemporary Art of the African Diaspora 

Appreciation of Art
Through Cultural Engagement 

Works exhibited in “If Not Now…When?”

Educate    Stimulate    Appreciate    Love

In this edition of the Gray Book: Art In Review, the gallery celebrates previous exhibition themes. From showing the beauty of humanity in Michael D. Harris ‘s Art Portraits: Portrait of the Artist, to examining our national and global conditions in group exhibition If Not Now… When?– the gallery embraces, appreciates and collects works that portray current and collective thought. 

Looking at the art of the African Diaspora, we honor our history.  This year, Barack and Michele Obama chose contemporary artists Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald to depict their images as President and First Lady. The Smithsonian now collects art representing a portrayal of how the Obamas wanted to be visualized over generations.

Experiencing and collecting art is a personal connection, and often a look at culture. In this review, I highlight our community engagement initiatives, which included guest author Joe Barry Carol’s book signing. Also highlighted, a special collectors evening with Richard Mayhew with special guest Dr. Halima Taha. We also celebrated the next generation of artists in collaboration with Spelman’s art department, presenting student thesis exhibitions, Color Series and Beauty and Reasons. 

Next week, look for another edition of The Gray Book : Art Investment. Thanks for your support of the gallery.

Artfully Yours,

September Gray, Gallery Director

Coming Soon 

Passion and Poetry
The Art of Louis
Delsarte

Exhibiting May 25th to August 25th 

Opening Reception, Friday, May 25 from 7 to 9 pm

This exhibition will explore celestial motifs, dreams and fantasy themes portrayed in the works of the artist. Join us as we celebrate Delsarte’s legacy of over 50 years of experience as a professional artist and educator.

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ART IN REVIEW
Gallery Exhibitions
November 2017 – April 2018 :

Art Portraits: Portrait of the Artist

Michael D. Harris

November 2017, the gallery exhibited Atlanta-based artist and scholar Michael D. Harris ‘s Art Portraits: Portrait of the Artist. In 2017, Harris was granted the Alain Locke Award from the Detroit Institute for the Arts. In 2016, he received the James Porter Award from Howard University. In 2001, he was among a group of curators and scholars listed as 25 Who Made a Difference published in the Fall Issue of International Review of African American Art

Photo by Michael D. Harris, Ph.D © 2016

“All art is, on some level, autobiographical, providing insights into the artist’s persona, virtuosity, preferences, vision, available technology, and the context within which he or she lives. While many of the works here are portraits of people I know in the arts, the exhibition in its entirety is a self-portrait. It reflects the straddle I live over painting and photography, and over art history and studio art, and marks my personal evolution as an artist from early quilt forms and the grid, to occasional multiple image works today.” Michael D. Harris, Ph.D.

Photos by Likisha Griffin ©2018 @LGriffinCreative

If Not Now… When?

Group Exhibition 

 February 2018, the gallery partnered with NobleSol Art Group to present an important visual dialogue, exhibiting the works of Alexi Torres, Alfred Conteh, Juan Logan, Kevin Cole, Okeeba Jublo and Sheila Pree Bright. As Atlanta has a history of iconic Human Rights  leadership–from the Atlanta Student Movements of the 60s to political street art initiatives of today — this exhibit takes a critical look at the current state of culture, rights, citizenship, struggles and education in the United States and abroad

Kevin Sipp, Independent Scholar and Fine Artist,  in conversation with Atlanta-based artists of the If Not Now… When? group exhibition

Video Production by Rod Moore  ©2018 

” If Not Now, When? group exhibition presented artists who reveal stories in their works from direct experiences. As cities around the country gentrify historical spaces,  Sheila Pree Bright, Alfred Conteh, Okeeba Jubalo and Kevin Cole commit to portraying communal narratives. The  content expands as perspectives of the global community are represented through works of Alexi Torres and Juan Logan, known for their themes in examining humankind.” – September Gray

Photos by Ron Witherspoon ©2018 

Cultural Engagement Highlights

Black American Voices Book Signing 

NBA All Star, artist, and author Joe Barry Carroll discussed his latest book, Black American Voices: Shared Culture, Values, And Emotions. Carroll’s first book, Growing Up In Words and Images is an award-winning memoir that received praise from Publishers Weekly, Tony Award-winning Broadway stage director Kenny Leon, and artist and educator Michael D. Harris, PhD. Black American Voices: Shared Culture, Values, And Emotions is available at Amazon.com and JoeBarryCarroll. com. 

Collectors Evening With Richard Mayhew and Special Guest Dr. Halima Taha

Private event celebrating Richard Mayhew.

Photos by Ron Witherspoon ©2018 

Spelman Thesis Exhibition

Beauty and Reasons
Shon K. Walker
Color Series
Sarina A. ShaneAs a community engagement initiative, September Gray Fine Art Gallery supports Atlanta’s next generation of women artists. In April, the gallery  exhibited the works of Spelman students Shon K. Walker and Sarina A. Shane. As we admire Spelman’s commitment to educate and build confidence in young women pursuing their legacy goals, the gallery was proud to host an opening reception and artist talk.

For updates about exhibitions and programming , follow September Gray Fine Art gallery over soical media. 

September Gray Fine Art Gallery (SGAG) is Atlanta’s premier gallery specializing in contemporary works by established, mid-career and emerging African American and African Diaspora artists. SGAG presents historically and culturally significant works as a means for championing the preservation of the African Diaspora cultural legacy and narrative.

Our Offerings

SGAG denudes the intricacies of the art market by assisting corporate and private collectors with articulating and executing single acquisition and long-term collection strategies that both reflect their individual tastes and advance their short-term and long-term investment goals.

In addition, SGAG offers a comprehensive range of complementary fine art, curatorial and consulting services to private and corporate clients and is conversant in the discreet assessment, acquisition and placement of fine art within its exclusive network of collectors.

FOLLOW THE SEPTEMBER GRAY ART GALLERY ON SOCIAL MEDIA 

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The Gray Book : Art Investment
Summer Edition 2018

 Celebrating 7 Years of Presenting Contemporary Art of the African Diaspora 

Art Institute of Chicago

Charles White: A Retrospective

Opens June 7, 2018 through September 3, 2018

A gifted draftsman and printmaker as well as a talented mural and easel painter.  His work magnified the power of the black figure through scale and form, communicating universal human themes while focusing attention on the lives of African Americans.

He explored African American history and the fight for freedom and the dignity of labor and human nature. 

Investing In Culture & Collective Histories 

In this edition of The Gray Book: Art Investment, we discuss how collecting art is a direct relationship to one’s identity.  When you collect, you have a visual representation of history, which reveals a time and place, a record of life lived– and an account of creditable events.

There is not one way to collect art, but several ways. Sometimes new collectors are concerned with the approach to collecting– whether they should have a formal education or comprehensive knowledge of the art world. The most knowledgeable collectors are  buying what they find interesting.

Owners of the Dallas Cowboys Stadium, Jerry Jones and his wife Gene, had a vision to present contemporary art in planning a twenty-first-century coliseum.  Jones admitted to having no idea about what to invest in or having a knowledge of artists in the industry, but decided that he wanted to offer visitors of his stadium a visual experience reflecting Jones’s ideals and values through an art experience.  Jones and his wife agreed to invest in large scale works that connected to their vision.

Kassem Dean, better known as recording artist Swiss Beats, also has become a huge investor in the arts. In 2015, he discussed how he became a collector with Artnet.com.  “I was getting older and graduating in life,” he recalls. “I got a little success and wanted to start buying art for my house. Basquiat’s name just kept coming up in conversation, so I started doing my homework and saw that the lines with me and him were running parallel. I was making music like he was painting—just making it out of anything, like ‘give me this broken turntable’.”Full article here.

This summer the gallery exhibits the legacy work of renown artist Louis Delsarte. The gallery extends a personal invitation to all collectors to view works from an artist with over 50 years of experience and commitment to creating masterpieces. Schedule a walk through by contacting the gallery directly at [email protected].

Artfully Yours,

September Gray, Gallery Director

Works by Louis Delsarte 

Passion and Poetry
The Art of Louis
Delsarte
Exhibiting
May 25th to September 8th
Artist Talk
August 25th2:00 to 4:00 pm

Summer Gallery Hours

Thursday –  Friday |  12:00 to 5:00 pm

Saturday | 12 noon to 3:00 pm

* Collectors may schedule a walk through by contacting 404-907-1923

Investing in Art and Ideas that Reflect a Visual Conscious of the Times We Live

Past Times by Kerry James Marshall sold for $21.1 million this month to music industry executive Sean Combs.

Black artists are becoming more recognized in the mainstream art game as there are new types of collectors emerging in the market. Institutions are now having to consider diversifying their collections.

Galleries which served as influential spaces, and also institutions, have overlooked some incredible artworks that have served as insightful portrayals of the world we live. Institutions have used art as a way to conduct business agendas rather than influencing community wealth through art investment.

An interesting read exploring this idea was presented by Non-Profit Quarterly in April. Read here: https://nonprofitquarterly.org/2018/04/19/baltimore-museum-sells-art-white-men-finance-diverse-holdings/

Collecting Works of
the African Diaspora 

Read more here

A new awakening is leveraging our look at identity. As emerging black buyers and liberals are recognizing artists–who are self-defining the black aesthetic and celebrating our varied cultural identities in the African Diaspora– minstrel themed work is no longer the overwhelming  standard of art investment relating to historical value.  
Artists of African descent are being represented more than ever now in art spaces globally. In 2017, Lubania Himid won the Turner Prize. Himid is a leading figure in the British Black movement, being the first black woman to win the pre-eminent award for contemporary art. Lubaina Himid was born in 1954 in Zanzibar, Tanzania. She explores themes connected to Europe’s colonial past and the wealth derived from slavery. Cotton.com is a series of 85 paintings recalling an incident from 1860 when mill workers in Northern England refused to process cotton grown in Confederate States. The work allows for us to see a board view of our collective history relating to colonization and the Atlantic slave trade.

Ownership and Legacy Building

Opening Reception Passion and Poetry: The Art of Louis Delsarte

Photos by Ron Witherspoon ©2018 

A well rounded collection is defined by the collectors as they are the influencers of trends in the market place.  As the gallery influences collectors to build wealth through art, we know it is important to acquire works by mid-career and well-established artists.  We are the stake holders of our identities, who define worth as we see it in an ever changing art market. 

Thanks for supporting the gallery over our 7 years of exhibiting works of the African American Diaspora. We hope you will visit the gallery this summer and invest in a Louis Delsarte piece as we recognize legacy that can be passed down from generation to generation through an art investment.

To learn more about current trends in purchasing art read “Wall Street Rush to Scoop up Black Art sends Prices Sky high” by Bloomberg.com

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-18/black-art-spurs-gold-rush-as-collector-stampede-drives-up-prices

For updates about exhibitions and programming , follow September Gray Fine Art gallery over social media. 

September Gray Fine Art Gallery (SGAG) is Atlanta’s premier gallery specializing in contemporary works by established, mid-career and emerging African American and African Diaspora artists. SGAG presents historically and culturally significant works as a means for championing the preservation of the African Diaspora cultural legacy and narrative.

Our Offerings

SGAG denudes the intricacies of the art market by assisting corporate and private collectors with articulating and executing single acquisition and long-term collection strategies that both reflect their individual tastes and advance their short-term and long-term investment goals.

In addition, SGAG offers a comprehensive range of complementary fine art, curatorial and consulting services to private and corporate clients and is conversant in the discreet assessment, acquisition and placement of fine art within its exclusive network of collectors.

FOLLOW THE SEPTEMBER GRAY ART GALLERY ON SOCIAL MEDIA 

Kevin Cole is an award winning artist and educator whose works are held in over 2000 public and private collections, including the

Gallery Artist, Kevin Cole with Mr. President, Hear Our Cry

Gallery Artist, Kevin Cole with Mr. President, Hear Our Cry

collections of the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT; Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA; King & Spalding, Atlanta, GA; IBM, White Plains, NY; Michael Jordan; Dallas Austin and Monica Pearson.

We are honored to present the work of Kevin Cole for your home and office collections. Kevin’s work is currently on view at our Buckhead gallery and also is featured on our website. You are invited to contact the gallery by telephone 404.907.1923 or via email to [email protected] for further information.


NEWS

The Gray Book | June Edition 2017 | Summer Review

Coming Soon 
Artist Nengi Omuku
We Are Not Different
Nengi Omuku is a Nigerian artist who completed her BA
and MA at the Slade School of fine art, University College London. She has had solo and group exhibitions in the UK and Nigeria, and now lives and works in Nigeria. Her artistic practice has won her scholarships and awards, including the British Council CHOGM art award, presented by HRH Queen Elisabeth II.
Coming Soon 
Michael D. Harris, Ph.D.
Artist, Curator & Scholar
Michael D. Harris, Ph.D. was named to the list of curators and scholars, 25 Who Made a Difference, in the Fall 2001 issue of International Review of African American Art.  The list includes David Driskell, James Porter, Samella Lewis, Richard Powell, and Jeff Donaldson, among others.  Harris also received the James Porter Award from Howard University in 2016 and the Alain Locke Award from the Detroit Institute for the Arts in 2017. 
Coming Soon 
Joe Barry Carroll
Author & Painter

 Joe Barry Carroll’s upcoming book, Black American Voices: Shared Culture, Values and Emotions will be featured in the gallery’s upcoming Community Engagement Series this Fall. Carroll’s award-winning memoir, Growing Up, received praise from a number of critics, who include Kenny Leon,  Tony Award winning Broadway stage, Television and Film Director. The book portrays paintings by Carroll and narratives about life as the tenth of 13 children growing up in Pine Bluff, Arkansas and Denver, Colorado, life in the NBA and creating a fulfilling life after retiring from professional basketball.

Art In Review

September Gray Fine Art Gallery has experienced a year of great growth, new followers and rich art experiences. As we welcome warm weather and a change of season, the gallery pays tribute to the artists whose creativity and vision has enriched our contemporary fine art journey.

In this edition of The Gray Book, we present Art In Review celebrating this year’s exhibitions and community engagement programming. Also, I share a critical look at investing in art– financially, politically and in preservation of our human connections.
(Photo © 2017 LGriffin Creative)

Artists & Exhibits

Freddie Styles & Richard Mayhew | The Nature of Art

Group Exhibition 14 October – 31 December 2016 

Freddie Styles work has a history of solo and group exhibitions in the Atlanta art scene and beyond. His exhibitions include: Evolving, a solo show at the Airport Atrium Gallery at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport; African American Abstraction, City Gallery East, Atlanta GA;  Old, New, Borrowed, Blue, Clark University, Atlanta, GA; Roots, Needles and Fax, Tubman Museum, Macon, GA; and Freddie Styles, Bill Hodges Gallery, New York.

Richard Mayhew is known for a spiritual connection to the natural world and his roots in his dual ancestry as an African American and Native American (his father- a descendant of African American and Shinnecock; his mother- a descendant of African American and Cherokee) During his boyhood, Mayhew’s paternal grandmother taught him Native traditions and his kinship with the earth, and spiritual realm.
(Photos © 2016 Ron Witherspoon) 

Alfred Conteh | Two Fronts: Surface and Reason

Solo Exhibition 3 February– 3 March 2017

Alfred Conteh is a contemporary visual artist who shares life experiences and personal truth grounded in African American heritage rooted in the South. Having childhood experiences growing up in Fort Valley, Georgia –100 miles south of Atlanta – Conteh discovered his interests in the arts at a very early age. His enthusiasm for comic books and cartoons in high school evolved into a passion for visual arts. As a student at Peach County High School he learned art history, technique, and skill under the direction of his mentor and art teacher, Johnny Heller. Conteh soon realized that there was a great deal more to learn and explore. He continued his education at Hampton University, known for its rich collection–Conteh earned a bachelor’s degree in fine arts. A classically trained artist, Conteh later earned a Masters in Fine Arts at Georgia Southern University.

Jeremiah Ojo is the curator of Two Fronts: Surface and Reason.  As an arts and culture management consultant, working internationally in artist development, gallery management & independent curation – Ojo brought great insights to the exhibition. Ojo is the Managing Director of Creative Milieu Consulting Group. His collaborative work with minority emerging contemporary artists, art institutions, corporations, and collectors has carved a pathway of connectivity for creative professionals throughout the African Diaspora.  
(Photos © 2017 Ron Witherspoon) 

Preston Sampson | White Noise

Solo Exhibition 31 March 2017 – 30 May 2017

Preston Sampson is a Maryland based visual artist having an extensive body of work. A jazz enthusiast, his most exuberant paintings are the expansion of melodic ideas. He sees his figurative portrayals as attempts “to emote, to touch, to move you to the center of it all, to enable you to feel certain changes, like fleeting moments of memory.” He portrays historical references of African American history in his works. For example African-American men who starred in the Negro Baseball Leagues for nearly half a century. Sampson’s work depicting a Pittsburgh Crawford player was published by the Smithsonian Institute in 1994.
(Photos © 2017 Ron Witherspoon) 

Community Engagement Programs 

A Conversation with Richard Mayhew & Freddie Styles 

A Conversation with Richard Mayhew & Freddie Styles

Wednesday, 16 November 2016

In Fall, Joe Barry Carroll moderated a conversation with Richard Mayhew and Freddie Styles at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens in Atlanta, Georgia . They discuss the intersection of art and nature discussing the mystery of our natural connection to the divine universe. 
(Video Production © 2017 Rod Moore) 

A Conversation With Alfred Conteh

Saturday, 11 February 2017

In Winter, Alfred Conteh presented a talk to the Atlanta community on Two Fronts: Surface & Reason, facilitated by Kevin Sipp, Cultural Affairs and Public Art Coordinator for the City of Atlanta’s Gallery 72. “Two Fronts: Surface & Reason is a visual exploration of how African diasporic societies in the American South are fighting social, economic, educational and psychological wars from within and without to survive. The honest and false narratives of history embodied in this series are primarily personified in patinated colossi that commemorate the people, culture, and battles that the populations they tower over have fought and continue to fight. 
(Video Production © 2017 Rod Moore) 

Adger Cowan | Personal Vision

Thursday, 9 March 2017
Signed copies of  Personal Vision are currently available to purchase at the gallery. 

This Spring, the engagement series featured Personal Vision by Adger Cowan. A Master Photographer, Cowan captured  American pop culture for the last century. Now 80, he is one of the greatest unrecognized luminaries of our time.  He worked for Katherine Hepburn, Jane Fonda, Al Pacino and Spike Lee, to just name a few. Adger also worked as an apprentice to Gordon Parks.  Parks once stated, “ Adger’s individualism set’s him apart, simply because he follows his own convictions.”
(Photos © 2017 Ron Witherspoon)

David S. Mitchell| We Hold These Truths Book Tour

Saturday, 6 May 2017
Signed copies of We Hold These Truths are currently available to purchase at the gallery. 

Inspired by his tenure as senior aide and deputy campaign manager on a US Senate campaign in North Carolina in 2010, Mitchell penned We Hold These Truths, a compelling narrative exploring the complex landscape of race and politics—and the missed opportunity for change—in the aftermath of Barack Obama’s historic 2008 election.

The community engagement series also featured live music by Atlanta cellist Okorie Johnson of OK Cello, who  performed alongside the White Noise exhibition by Preston Sampson. Okorie Johnson has performed and/or recorded with India Arie, De La soul, Anthony David, Doria Roberts, Callaghan, Paul Mercer and Leah Morgan amongst others.
(Video Production © 2017 Rod Moore) 

Art Investment

“I’m not just selling art; I’m making a connection.”

Gallery Director, September Gray

 The Business of Art:  Can art still be an object of passion?

With the financial markets so volatile and our world in a head spin, people are weary of spending in an unknown future.  Politics is wreaking  havoc of what’s true and what’s not. There’s even a new term called, “alternative facts”.  As a result, people throughout the world are looking for change, answers and a better way to live.

Artists of our times are a big part of this picture, showing us who we are and how we are living –essentially giving us a mirror to reflect.  Times of political turbulence create opportunities for collectors to seek solace in art. Given we are constantly bombarded with negative news, one might  expect  people not to be open to buy luxury goods, but interestingly, it is times like these when people need beauty and truth from the art they acquire. With these acquisitions, we are choosing to decide how we view the world. Through meaningful art, you focus your thoughts on a wonderful work that allows the pleasure of honoring personal truths and meaning so we may speak in our own narrative, ‘ my world still reflects the values and things I hold dear no matter what is happening around me or the world I live in’.

People who collect art desire beauty and cultural intellect in their lives.  With the business of the art market in the well-known auction houses prices have spun out of control.

We now have works from Jean-Michel Basquiat that sold for $50.00 to $3500.00 during the 80”s.  Recently, Sotheby’s set a record for an American artist and his work as it sold for $110. million.  This price surge not too long after an article that discussed how the Whitney Museum didn’t  think Basquiat’s work was suitable for the storage room! Clearly, we are left  to presume that there are many markets and socio-economic factors when it comes to determining what is valuable and what is not. With this backdrop, we are witnessing  extremely high prices paid for art and new money from  the BRIC countries that are overvaluing the work in their eagerness to prove their status in the global society.

Despite this price surge, I continue to find evidence that most collectors are becoming more thoughtful about their purchasing of work. As a gallery owner, it is important to me to have work that has meaning as well as value.  The added value comes from being knowledgeable about the work, it’s artist, and continued support of artists ascending on the global stage.

Art is intensely personal. As long as you are living and passionate about life, this approach will allow for collecting with meaning.  We need not allow the outside world of politics or mass marketing of latest trends dictate what has meaning in our decisions of art collecting. Collecting art is about your passion, your feelings, and what connects you to the work or the artist.

For me: I collect art, I offer art, and I connect with art.  It is the ultimate connection of life and meaning–  how I see others and myself.  That is perhaps what I love most– the notion of bringing people together through beautiful works of art.  This concept is one that the political world seems to not grasp. If you connect with the world– you can make better decisions and hopefully bring people together for the common good no matter your politics.

 Quote:

“Of course it is possible to live to live without the arts, but to do so would compromise the very art of living.”
-Dr. Johnetta Betche Cole

Art | Culture | Community 

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Our Mission

September Gray Fine Art Gallery (SGAG) is the nation’s premier gallery specializing in contemporary works by established, mid-career and emerging African American and African diasporic artists. Located in Atlanta, Georgia, SGAG presents historically and culturally significant works as a means for championing the preservation of the African diasporic cultural legacy and narrative.

Our Offerings

SGAG denudes the intricacies of the art market by assisting corporate and private collectors with articulating and executing single acquisition and long-term collection strategies that both reflect their individual tastes and advance their short-term and long-term investment goals. In addition, SGAG offers a comprehensive range of complementary fine art, curatorial and consulting services to private and corporate clients and is conversant in the discreet assessment, acquisition and placement of fine art within its exclusive network of collectors.

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