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Kwame Brathwaite : black is beautiful / texts by Kwame Brathwaite, Tanisha C. Ford, and Deborah Willis

Catalog Data

Author:
Brathwaite, Kwame 1938-  Search this
Writer of added commentary:
Ford, Tanisha C.  Search this
Willis, Deborah 1948-  Search this
Author:
Container of (work): Brathwaite, Kwame 1938- Photographs Selections  Search this
Subject:
Brathwaite, Kwame 1938-  Search this
Physical description:
143 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Biography
Pictorial works
Sources
Illustrated works
Exhibition catalogs
Exhibition, pictorial works
History
Place:
United States
New York (State)
New York
Date:
2019
20th century
Notes:
Coincides with a touring exhibition of Brathwaite's work May 2019
Contents:
Preface / by Kwame Brathwaite -- Black is beautiful / by Tanisha C. Ford -- African Jazz-Art Society -- Think black, buy black -- The Grandassa models -- Black is beautiful, then and now / by Deborah Willis
Summary:
In the late 1950s and throughout the 1960s, Kwame Brathwaite used his photography to popularize the political slogan "Black Is Beautiful." This monograph--the first ever dedicated to Brathwaite's remarkable career--tells the story of a key, but under-recognized, figure of the second Harlem Renaissance. Inspired by the writings of activist and black nationalist Marcus Garvey, Brathwaite, along with his older brother, Elombe Brath, founded the African Jazz Arts Society and Studios (AJASS) and the Grandassa Models (1962). AJASS was a collective of artists, playwrights, designers, and dancers; Grandassa Models was a modeling agency for black women, founded to challenge white beauty standards. From stunning studio portraits of the Grandassa Models to behind-the-scenes images of Harlem?s artistic community, including Max Roach, Abbey Lincoln, and Miles Davis, this book offers a long-overdue exploration of Brathwaite's life and work
Topic:
Photography, Artistic  Search this
African American photographers  Search this
Photographers  Search this
African Americans  Search this
African Americans--Intellectual life  Search this
African American arts--History  Search this
Harlem Renaissance  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1110805