Des Moines, Iowa.- The Des Moines Art Center is pleased to present “Black White Gray Blue” on view until February 5th 2012. “Black White Gray Blue” features an unusual mix of historical and contemporary prints and works on paper from the Des Moines Art Center’s permanent collection. The exhibition presents works in which artists revisit the horrors of slavery in America; witness, depict, and interpret the War Between the States; and confront this nation’s ongoing legacy of racism. More than just an historical commemoration, Black White Gray Blue invites viewers to consider the ways that modern and contemporary artists Robert Colescott, Jacob Lawrence, Glenn Ligon, Dario Robleto, and Kara Walker have envisioned and interpreted the war, its causes, and its outcomes.