[1][5] In the 22 years that the gallery operated, it generally focused on African-American artists and artists of color,[6][4][7][8][9] but overall exhibited the work of more than 170 artists from the United States, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Ghana, South Africa, Morocco, Haiti, Jamaica, Greece, Turkey, Brazil, Spain, England, Russia, and France,[10][11][12][13][14][15] including notable artists such as Sam Gilliam,[9] Richard Mayhew, Willard Wigan,[16] Lou Stovall, Percy Martin,[17] Evangeline Montgomery, Victor Ekpuk, Lois Mailou Jones,[18] Romare Bearden, Herbert Gentry, Bruce McNeil,[15] and Wadsworth Jarrell.
It's therefore a treat to get acquainted with the works of Cecil Cooper, Kofi Kayiga and Bryan McFarlane at the Parish Gallery this month.
"[14] In 1995, a different Washington Post art critic, in reviewing a show by New York artist Lorenzo Pace, wrote that "This is a remarkably effective exhibition, particularly given the small space and a medium that often appeals to the head rather than the heart.
"[19] The same art critic also wrote in a different 1995 review that "Minimalism's antithesis, abstract expressionism, can be seen in recent paintings by Kathryn Henneberry being exhibited at Parish Gallery.
They are wonderfully exuberant works, big, vivid fields of color that convey a sense of spontaneity and freedom.