Afro-American Images 1971
Author | : Simone Austin |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2021-10 |
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ISBN | : 9781736789902 |
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Release | : 2021-10 |
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ISBN | : 9781736789902 |
Author | : Darby English |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 300 |
Release | : 2016-12-20 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 022627473X |
In this book, art historian Darby English explores the year 1971, when two exhibitions opened that brought modernist painting and sculpture into the burning heart of United States cultural politics: Contemporary Black Artists in America, at the Whitney Museum of American Art, and The DeLuxe Show, a racially integrated abstract art exhibition presented in a renovated movie theater in a Houston ghetto. 1971: A Year in the Life of Color looks at many black artists’ desire to gain freedom from overt racial representation, as well as their efforts—and those of their advocates—to further that aim through public exhibition. Amid calls to define a “black aesthetic,” these experiments with modernist art prioritized cultural interaction and instability. Contemporary Black Artists in America highlighted abstraction as a stance against normative approaches, while The DeLuxe Show positioned abstraction in a center of urban blight. The importance of these experiments, English argues, came partly from color’s special status as a cultural symbol and partly from investigations of color already under way in late modern art and criticism. With their supporters, black modernists—among them Peter Bradley, Frederick Eversley, Alvin Loving, Raymond Saunders, and Alma Thomas—rose above the demand to represent or be represented, compromising nothing in their appeals for interracial collaboration and, above all, responding with optimism rather than cynicism to the surrounding culture’s preoccupation with color.
Author | : Robert M. Doty |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 64 |
Release | : 1971 |
Genre | : African American art |
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Author | : Darby English |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 300 |
Release | : 2016-12-20 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 022613105X |
Art historian Darby English is celebrated for working against the grain and plumbing gaps in historical narratives. In this book, he explores the year 1971, when two exhibitions opened that brought modernist painting and sculpture into the burning heart of black cultural politics: Contemporary Black Artists in America, shown at the Whitney Museum of American Art, and The DeLuxe Show, an integrated abstract art exhibition presented in a renovated movie theater in a Houston ghetto.1971 takes an insightful look at many black artists' desire to gain freedom from overt racial representation, as well as their and their advocates' efforts to further that aim through public exhibitions. Amid calls to define a "black aesthetic" or otherwise settle the race question, these experiments with modernist art favored cultural interaction and instability. Contemporary Black Artists in America highlighted abstraction as a stance against normative approaches, while The DeLuxe Show positioned abstraction in a center of urban blight. The power and social importance of these experiments, English argues, came partly from color's special status as a racial metaphor and partly from investigations of color that were underway in formalist American art and criticism.
Author | : Mia Bay |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 300 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : African Americans |
ISBN | : 019510045X |
Historical studies of white racial thought have focused on white ideas about the "Negroes". Bay's study examines the reverse - black ideas about whites, and, consequently, black understandings of race and racial categories
Author | : John Henrik Clarke |
Publisher | : Black Classic Press |
Total Pages | : 104 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780933121775 |
African history as world history: Africa and the Roman Empire -- Africa and the rise of Islam -- The mighty kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, and Songhay -- The Atlantic slave trade: Slavery and resistance in South America and the Caribbean -- Slavery and resistance in the United States -- African Americans in the twentieth century.
Author | : George M. Fredrickson |
Publisher | : Wesleyan University Press |
Total Pages | : 372 |
Release | : 1987-03 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780819561886 |
A study of issues of race in 19th century America.
Author | : George Marsh Frederickson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Smithsonian American Art Museum |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : |
"Drawn entirely from the Smithsonian American Art Museum's rich collection of African American art, the works include paintings by Benny Andrews, Jacob Lawrence, Thornton Dial Sr., Romare Bearden, Alma Thomas, and Lois Mailou Jones, and photographs by Roy DeCarava, Gordon Parks, Roland Freeman, Marilyn Nance, and James Van Der Zee. More than half of the artworks in the exhibition are being shown for the first time"--Publisher's website.
Author | : Molefi Kete Asante |
Publisher | : Prometheus Books |
Total Pages | : 345 |
Release | : 2010-06-28 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 161592423X |
Since 1619, when Africans first came ashore in the swampy Chesapeake region of Virginia, there have been many individuals whose achievements or strength of character in the face of monumental hardships have called attention to the genius of the African American people. This book attempts to distill from many wonderful possibilities the 100 most outstanding examples of greatness. Pioneering scholar of African American Studies Molefi Kete Asante has used four criteria in his selection: the individual''s significance in the general progress of African Americans toward full equality in the American social and political system; self-sacrifice and the demonstration of risk for the collective good; unusual will and determination in the face of the greatest danger or against the most stubborn odds; and personal achievement that reveals the best qualities of the African American people. In adopting these criteria Professor Asante has sought to steer away from the usual standards of popular culture, which often elevates the most popular, the wealthiest, or the most photogenic to the cult of celebrity. The individuals in this book - examples of lasting greatness as opposed to the ephemeral glare of celebrity fame - come from four centuries of African American history. Each entry includes brief biographical information, relevant dates, an assessment of the individual''s place in African American history with particular reference to a historical timeline, and a discussion of his or her unique impact on American society. Numerous pictures and illustrations will accompany the articles. This superb reference work will complement any library and be of special interest to students and scholars of American and African American history.