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Soul of a nation : art in the age of Black power / edited by Mark Godfrey and Zoé Whitley ; with contributions by Susan E. Cahan, David C. Driskell, Edmund Barry Gaither, Linda Goode Bryant, Jae and Wadsworth Jarrell, Samella Lewis

Catalog Data

Editor:
Godfrey, Mark (Mark Benjamin)  Search this
Whitley, Zoé  Search this
Contributor:
Cahan, Susan  Search this
Driskell, David C.  Search this
Gaither, Edmund B.  Search this
Goode-Bryant, Linda  Search this
Jarrell, Jae 1935-  Search this
Jarrell, Wadsworth 1929-  Search this
Lewis, Samella S.  Search this
Host institution:
Tate Modern (Gallery)  Search this
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art  Search this
Brooklyn Museum  Search this
Physical description:
256 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Exhibition catalogs
History
Place:
United States
Date:
2017
20th century
Notes:
Published on the occasion of an exhibition of the same name held at Tate Modern, London, July 12-October 22, 2017; Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, February 3-April 23, 2018; and Brooklyn Museum, New York, September 7, 2018-February 3, 2019.
AAPG copy purchased with funds from the Arts Libraries Endowment.
Summary:
In the period of radical change that was 1963-1983, young black artists at the beginning of their careers in the USA confronted key questions and pressures. How could they make art that would stand as innovative, original, formally and materially complex, while also making work that reflected their concerns and experience as black Americans? This significant new publication, accompanying an exhibition at Tate Modern, surveys this crucial period in American art history, bringing to light previously neglected histories of twentieth-century black artists, including Sam Gilliam, Melvin Edwards, Jack Whitten, William T. Williams and Frank Bowling. This book features substantial essays from co-curators Mark Godfrey and Zoe Whitley, writing on abstraction and figuration respectively. It will also explore the art historical and social contexts with subjects including black feminism; AfriCOBRA and other artist-run groups; the role of museums in the debates of the period; and where visual art sat in relation to the Black Arts Movement.
Topic:
African American art  Search this
African American artists--History  Search this
Art and society--History  Search this
Black power--History  Search this
Black Arts Movement  Search this
Photography, Artistic  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1081189