Nighttime gatherings of white-clad people flying the American flag call to mind the Ku Klux Klan, a white supremacist organization that has used the guise of patriotism to rationalize attacks on African Americans and other minorities. These details beg the question: What kind of evening rendezvous is this? Meanwhile, the wispy reds and blues overlap and run together, seeming to flicker like flames. Looking closer, the white shapes appear spiky and distinct, evoking tiny figures dressed in white from head to toe who form a circle on the left side of the painting and in clusters elsewhere. For example, Lewis's use of vivid red, white, and blue is striking, in part because these colors are so closely associated with the U.S. Yet the title Evening Rendezvous suggests there is more to this abstract work. At first glance, there is nothing recognizable in the subtle brushstrokes Norman Lewis painted on a field of soft, muted grays and greens.
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