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Howardena Pindell a new language edited by Fiona Bradley

Catalog Data

Artist:
Pindell, Howardena 1943-  Search this
Editor:
Bradley, Fiona  Search this
Host institution:
Fruitmarket Gallery  Search this
Kettle's Yard Gallery  Search this
Spike Island (Firm)  Search this
Physical description:
141 pages illustrations (chiefly color) 25 x 28 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Expositions
Criticism, interpretation, etc
Exhibition catalogs
Date:
2021
20th century
20e siècle
Notes:
This book published on the occasion of the exhibition "Howardena Pindell: A new language," Fruitmarket, Edinburgh, November 13, 2021-May 2, 2022; Kettle's Yard, Cambridge, July 2, 2022-October 30, 2022; Spike Island, Bristol, February 4, 2023-May 7, 2023
HMSGMAI copy 39088020375978 purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment.
Contents:
On her fingers and toes / Anna Lovatt -- Surface tension / Amy Tobin -- Free, white and 21 / Howardena Pindell -- Facing it : Howardena Pindell and activism that is personal / Adeze Wilford -- Rope/fire/water / Howardena Pindell -- Art world racism / Howardena Pindell
Summary:
"Artist, activist, writer, and teacher Howardena Pindell has been a force in contemporary art since the late 1960s. This book is a celebration and critical examination of her painting and writing and marks her first solo exhibition in the UK. It takes its title--and its cue--from her: 'I am an artist. I am not part of a so-called "minority", "new" or "emerging" or "a new audience". These are all terms used to demean, limit, and make people of color appear to be powerless. We must evolve a new language which empowers us and does not cause us to participate in our own disenfranchisement.' With illustrations of a selection of paintings from the 1970s to now; new writing from Anna Lovatt of the Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Amy Tobin of the University of Cambridge, and Adeze Wilford from The Shed in New York; and a selection of Pindell's own writing, this book presents Pindell's inspiring and unflinchingly active imagination, and explores her articulation of a 'new language' as exemplary in articulating empowerment"-- Page [4] of cover
Topic:
African American women artists  Search this
Painting, American  Search this
Drawing, American  Search this
African American art  Search this
Femmes artistes noires américaines  Search this
Peinture américaine  Search this
Dessin américain  Search this
Art noir américain  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1156824