The remarkable story of how Ernie Barnes’ work became cover art for Marvin Gaye’s album “I Want You” and a regular presence on TV’s “Good Times.” Aug. 28, 2019 The relationship ...

“He defined what art was for Black people during that time.” Image “Blood Conference, a.k.a. Three Red Linemen” (1966).Credit...Courtesy of the Ernie Barnes Estate, Ortuzar Projects and ...

The are also two drawings, “Saxophone Study #1” (1993) and “Study for Brother to Brother” (1994), Art News reports. “Ernie Barnes is an iconic Black artist my family and I have long ...

Serena, who is an avid art collector, shared her admiration for Barnes’ work and her hopes for how the charity auction will benefit their hometown of Compton, Los Angeles. “Ernie Barnes is an ...

Katie Chandler, who oversees the visitor experience at the Columbia Museum of Art in South Carolina, stands next to "The Sugar Shack" and two other paintings by Ernie Barnes. As for how “The ...

The final public art exhibition Barnes would host came in October 2007 in New York City. The exhibit — A Tribute to Artist and NFL Alumni Ernie Barnes — was sponsored in part by the NFL. Barnes passed ...

Signed 'Ernie Barnes' lower right ... Through his thirst for knowledge, he learned from those resources about art history and the history of where he was from: the South. Barnes used his work to ...

It’s the same effect that viewing an Ernie Barnes painting can have — you want ... that goes beyond the white-walled gallery that art is so often seen in,” Kogle said.