Black Pearl 1972 – Blackglam Legend by Margaret Rose Vendryes

Black Pearl 1972 – Blackglam Legend, 2019. Digital Collage Print, Ultrachrome archival inks on acid-free 100% cotton rag watercolor paper, 18X24 inches. Signed and numbered by the artist 4/5 edition of 5 with 2 artist proofs.

Margaret Rose Vendryes is an art historian, visual artist, and curator.  She received her BA in fine arts from Amherst College, MA in art history from Tulane University, and Ph.D. in art history from Princeton University. Among several honors, Vendryes was an American Association of University Women Fellow and a Scholar-in-Residence at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. In 2008, University Press of Mississippi published Vendryes’ book Barthé, A Life in Sculpture, the first comprehensive monograph on the late African American sculptor Richmond Barthé. The African Diva Project, a multimedia body of work that reveals Vendryes’ engagement with African art and aesthetics and its intersection with Black celebrities and visual culture. The Project began in 2005 and has grown to over 75 works of art including paintings on canvas and paper, digital compositions, collage, interactive installation, and outdoor art exhibitions. Vendryes is currently Professor of Art History, Performing and Fine Arts and Director of the Fine Arts Gallery at York College, City University of New York.