- Artis Lane
Artis Lane is an award-winning
African American sculptor and painter.The "St. James Guide to Black Artists" describes Artis Lane's sculpture as "primarily concerned with portraying what she sees as enduring spiritual truths. These truths are that the growth of spiritual awareness is continuous and that nobody ever arrives at perfection. In addition, spiritual awareness connects humans with a universal force." [ [http://www.mhanksgallery.com/lanart.html "St. James Guide to Black Artists" "Artis Lane" By MARLENA DONAHUE (Detroit: St. James Press, 1997)] ]
Her commisions include a series of bronze portraits for the
Soul Train Awards , a bronze portrait ofRosa Parks for theSmithsonian Institute and designing the original logo for theDance Theatre of Harlem . Additionally, her work can be found in the private collections of such prominent people as former PresidentGeorge H. W. Bush ,Bill Cosby ,Walter Annenberg ,Michael Jordan ,Gordon Getty ,Nelson Mandella andHenry Kissinger . [ [http://www.artislane.com/bio/bio.html Artis Lane bio] ]References
* Donahue, Marlena [http://www.mhanksgallery.com/lanart.html Artis Lane] from "St. James Guide to Black Artists" (edited by Thomas Riggs) (Detroit: St. James Press, 1997), p. 313 Accessed on M. Hanks Gallery website 17 Jul 2008.
* Lewis, Samella, "African American Art and Artists" (Berkeley, California: University of California Press, 2003), pp. 216-217
* "Gumbo YaYa: An Anthology of Contemporary African American Women Artists" (New York: Mid March Arts Press, 1995)External links
* [http://www.artislane.com/ Official Artis Lane website]
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