Reginald Gammon
Bibliography
"Visiting Reginald Gammon is like visiting an old friend. There is no time to get acquainted. You start out as if you know each other already."
– Richard Garriott-Steiskal, Albuquerque Arts Magazine, August 1998
Reggie at the 1964 March on Washington
"I love America, but we have to strive for things to be better."
– Reginald Gammon. Review by Pamela Johnson, The Albuquerque Tribune, March 31, 1993
"What intrigues me is that music, which I think is the most powerful of all expressions, gets into everything. It's like air. And black music has a force some people call soul that permeates everything. I think America thrives on it."
– Reginald Gammon. Review by Jeanne Derbeck, South Bend Tribune, February 12, 1984.
"I think we (African Americans) have a history worth putting down and we need to be presented in positive lights."
– Reginald Gammon. Review by William R. Wood, Kalamazoo Gazette, 9-10-04
(The members of Spiral) "paved the way for those African-American artists who followed, if not in their footsteps, at least in the broad paths they cleared. Thus, the legacy of Spiral will expand and remain secure for generations to come."
– Floyd Coleman, in The Changing Same.
"I happen to be a social realist and my concern is man’s inhumanity to man."
– Reginald Gammon. Review by Elaine Klein, Kalamazoo Gazette, January 24, 1991.
Books
The Art of Romare Bearden. National Gallery of Art, Harry Abrams, Inc., 2003.
The Art of Romare Bearden. The Prevalence of Ritual. Snowfire Publishing, Reprint 1999.
Painting As a Language: Materials, Technique, Form, Content. Jean Robertson and Craig McDaniel, Harcourt Brace College Publishers, 2000.
Oxford History of African American Art, Sharon F. Patton, Oxford University Press, 1998
St. James Guide to Black Artists, published in association with The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 1997.
Artist and Influence, Volume XV. Interview with Reginald Gammon, Visual Artist, Parts 1 and 2, Hatch-Billops Collection, Inc. 1996.
A History of African American Artists From 1792 to the Present, Romare Bearden and Harry Henderson, Pantheon Books, 1993.
Romare Bearden; His Life and Art, Myron Schwartzman. Harry N. Schwartzman Inc., New York, NY, 1993.
Art: African America, Samella Lewis, Hancraft Studios, 1990.
The Vagaries of Invention (A Festschrift for Ben Tibbs on his 75th Birthday. Sidewinders Press, Kalamazoo, MI, 1981.
250 Years of Afro-American Art, An Annotated Bibiography, Edited by Lynn Moody Igoe and James Igoe, Bowker Co. 1981.
Art: African American, Samella Lewis, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc.,1978.
The New Generation of Black Artists, Elton Fax, Wm. Morrow Publishers, 1977.
The New Humanism (Art in a Time of Change). Barry Schwartz. Praeger Publishers, New York, NY, 1974
The Afro-American Artist, Elsa Honig Fine, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1973.
Afro-American Artists, A Bio-bibliographical Directory, Theresa Dickason Cederholm, Boston Public Library, 1973.
Arts and Cultures of Man, Elton Davies. Intext Educational Publishers, 1972
Afro-American Art and Crafts, Judith Wragge Chase, 1972
International Library of Negro Life and History, Lindsay Patterson, Publishers Company, Inc.,1970.
Life and Culture of Black People in the US, Rhoda L. Goldstein, Thomas y. Crowell co. publishers, 1970
Annual Yearbook, (International Library of Negro Life and History), United Publishing Co, Washington, DC. 1969
Arts in Society, The Arts and the Black Revolution, University of Wisconsin, 1968.
Who's Who in American Art '76-'77
Who's Who in Black Americans '77-'78
Magazines
The International Review of African American Art, Volume 20, Number 3; 2006
The New Orleans Art Review, Volume XXI (2003-04), Number 4; March/April 2004
A Century of African American Art: The Paul R. Jones Collection, Amalia K. Amaki,The University Museum, University of Delaware and Rutgers University Press, 2004.
Santa Fean, Volume 28, Number 4; May 2000
Painting as a Language, Material, Technique, Form, Content. Jean Robertson and Craig McDaniel, Harcourt Brace College Publishers, 2000.
The International Review of African American Art, Volume 15, Number 3, 1999; Volume 16, Number 3, 1999.
The International Review of African American Art, Volume 15, Number 1, 1998.
The International Review of African American Art, Volume 7, Number 3, 1987; Pages 57-61. Lawrence Tyler, "Reginald Gammon: The Carnal Art of the Tattoo." Photo, p. 57. On Gammon's latest theme. Illus.
The New Art Examiner, Reviews, page 62, April 1986.
The New Art Examiner, page 19, "Currents (Michigan Council for the Arts)", December-1982
Communication in Black Culture, 1976-1981, AT&T Bell Systems.
Political Comment in Contemporary Art, 1950-Present, October 19 – November 11, 1979.
Arts in Society, "Social Uses of Art", Fall/Winter 1972. Published by Research Studies and Development in the Arts, University extension, University of Wisconsin.
Detroit Focus Quarterly, a visual arts publication, Vol 1, number 2, page 8.
The Art Gallery, April, 1970. page 24.
Tuesday Magazine, June 1969. page 16.
Cue, May 17, 1969.
Art News, "Why Spiral?", August, 1965
Newspaper Articles
Albuquerque Journal, Nob Hill Art Complex features striking shows, page F3, 3-5-06
Kalamazoo Gazette, WMU honors former professor Reginald Gammon, page A2, 9-10-04.
The Albuquerque Journal, Three artists mount solo shows at Harwood, page F5, 11-23-03.
New Mexico Daily Lobo, Art studio to offer sneak peek, page 12, 3-7-02.
West Side Journal, Learning and Growing, page 8, 12-15-00.
Albuquerque Arts Magazine, Magnifico! Honors, Volume 2, page 15, 8-98.
Texas Community Leader, Artist awarded commission as part of a landmark program to celebrate African American Art, 2-8-96.
Albuquerque Journal, World Views, Local Voices: African American exhibit celebrates diversity, talent in NM, 2-11-96.
The Albuquerque Tribune, A Brush With Life: Painter Reginald Gammon reflects on his life in unique self-portrait, page D, 3-31-93.
The Albuquerque Tribune, Art show honors Black History, 2-4-93.
Kalamazoo Gazette, A portrait of Reggie, page B1, 1-24-91.
Kalamazoo Gazette, 1-26-88
Ann Arbor News, 2-21-88
Kalamazoo Gazette, Gammon exhibit shows authority, humanity, page D1, 1-12-87.
South Bend Tribune, Gammon unites black music, art, page 28, 2-12-84.
Battle Creek Shopper News, Reginald Gammon to speak to Society of Artists, Friday, page 24, 6-21-84.
Kalamazoo Gazette, 11-13-83
The Western Herald (Western Michigan University Publication) 10-31-83
Kalamazoo News, Gammon show a testimony to unifying power of creative activity, page 9, 11-11-83.
Detroit Focus Quarterly: A Visual Arts Publication, page 8, Volume 1, Number 2, 4-82.
Dowagiac Daily News, page 3, 3-24-82.
South Bend Tribune, page 25, 5-18-82
The Herald Palladium, Benton Harbor St.Joseph, Michigan, 5-19-82.
Kalamazoo Gazette, page C-4, 8-29-82
Kalamazoo Gazette, 1-3-78
The New Yorker, Interview with Romare Bearden, page 68-72, 1-18-77.
Kalamazoo Gazette, 9-1-76
Kalamazoo Gazette, 3-74
Daily World, Emotional truth in individual style of Reginald Gammon's art, page 8, 4-28-73.
The Sunday News, Detroit, Family Album, 11-14-71
Huron Valley Advisor, Scottsboro Boys Series, 11-4-70.
San Francisco Chronicle, The Poet Inflamed, LeRoi Jones, 11-69
Art: The Sunday Bulletin, Museum Spotlights Black Artists' Work, 11-30-69.
Staten Island Sunday Advance, 30 Black American Artists, 3-11-69.
The Rhode Islander (The Providence Sunday Journal Magazine), 6-29-69
The Evening News, 30 Black American Artists, 3-11-68.
Sunday News, 3-17-68.
New York Amsterdam News, 3-16-68
New York Times, Sunday Education, 3-10-68