Frank E. Cummings III (born 1938[1]: 61 ) is an artist and professor of fine arts at California State University, Fullerton.[2] Cummings makes wood vessels and furniture using precious materials, inspired by spiritual meanings of objects in Africa.[3]
Background
editCummings was born in Los Angeles, California in 1938. He received his Master of Arts from California State University, Fullerton in 1971.[2] In 1973, Cummings received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to spend two months in Ghana exploring similarities between the identity struggles of African Americans and struggles faced in Africa.[1] In 1981, he returned to Africa, exhibiting his work in Gabon, Ghana, Madagascar, and Malawi.[2]
Work
editCummings' first solo museum exhibition, Sensitivity, was at the Long Beach Museum of Art in 1974.[1]: 109 His work is still exhibited at the museum.[4]
The Lipton Collection contains wooden vessels made by Cummings.[1] The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,[3] Minneapolis Institute of Art,[5] and Smithsonian American Art Museum[6] have pieces by Cummings in their collections. His work has been shown in the White House Collection of American Craft.[7]
Selected collections
edit- Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, New York, NY
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
- Center for Art in Wood, Philadelphia, PA
References
edit- ^ a b c d Wallace, Kevin (2011). The Cutting Edge: Contemporary Wood Art and the Lipton Collection. Fine Arts Press. ISBN 9780981993331.
- ^ a b c "Frank E. Cummings III". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
- ^ a b "Clock". Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
- ^ John Farrell (December 24, 2013). "Long Beach Museum of Art continues long relationship with Frank Cummings". Press-Telegram. Archived from the original on January 28, 2017. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
- ^ "Ode to Friendship, Old Faces and New (Magic Wand with Portraits of Frank Cummings and David Ellsworth), Frank E. Cummings III". MIA. Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
- ^ "Lady Lace with New Shoes by Frank E. Cummings III / American Art". Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Galler. Archived from the original on January 28, 2017. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
- ^ "Frank E. Cummings III". Craft in America. Archived from the original on March 30, 2016. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
External links
edit- Interview with the artist at the Renwick Gallery
- Frank E. Cummings III at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN
- Frank E. Cummings III at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Renwick Gallery
- Frank E. Cummings III at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
- Frank E. Cummings III at the Center for Art in Wood, Philadelphia, PA Archived 2022-05-27 at the Wayback Machine