Black refractions : highlights from the Studio Museum in Harlem / Connie H. Choi.

By:

Choi, Connie H [author.]

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Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New York, NY : Harlem : New York, NY : American Federation of Arts ; The Studio Museum in Harlem ; Rizzoli Electa, [2019]Copyright date: 2019Description: 231 pages : illustrations (principaly colour), portraits ; 30 cmContent type:

texte
image fixe

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sans mediation

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volume

ISBN:

9780847866380

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DDC classification:

708.1471 CHO 23

Contents:

Foreword / Pauline Willis -- Foreword / Thelma Golden -- The Studio Museum in Harlem: ancient to the future / Kellie Jones -- In conversation / Thelma Golden, Connie H. Choi, and Kellie Jones -- Black refractions / Connie H. Choi.

Summary: "The artists featured in Black Refractions, including Kerry James Marshall, Faith Ringgold, Nari Ward, Norman Lewis, Wangechi Mutu, and Lorna Simpson, are drawn from the renowned collection of the Studio Museum in Harlem. Through exhibitions, public programs, artist residencies, and bold acquisitions, this pioneering institution has served as a nexus for artists of African descent locally, nationally, and internationally since its founding in 1968. Rather than aim to construct a single history of "black art," Black Refractions emphasizes a plurality of narratives and approaches, traced through 125 works in all media from the 1930s to the present."--Amazon.com.

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Standard Loan	LSAD Library Main Collection	708.1471 CHO (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		39002100643189

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The artists featured in Black Refractions , including Kerry James Marshall, Faith Ringgold, Nari Ward, Norman Lewis, Wangechi Mutu, and Lorna Simpson, are drawn from the renowned collection of the Studio Museum in Harlem. Through exhibitions, public programs, artist-in-resdiencies, and bold acquisitions, this pioneering institution has served as a nexus for artists of African descent locally, nationally, and internationally since its founding in 1968. Rather than aim to construct a single history of "black art," Black Refractions emphasises a plurality of narratives and approaches, traced through 125 works in all media from the 1930s to the present.

An essay by Connie Choi and entries by Eliza A. Butler, Akili Tommasino, Taylor Aldridge, Larry Ossei Mensah, Daniela Fifi , and other luminaries contextualize the works and provide detailed commentary. A dialogue between Thelma Golden, Connie Choi, and Kellie Jones draws out themes and challenges in collecting and exhibiting modern and contemporary art by artists of African descent. More than a document of a particular institution's trailblazing path, or catalytic role in the development of American appreciation for art of the African diaspora, this volume is a compendium of a vital art tradition.

"Published on the occasion of the traveling exhibition, Black Refractions : Highlights from the Studio Museum in Harlem, organized by the American Federation of Arts and the Studio Museum in Harlem".

"Exhibition itinerary : Museum of the African Diaspora, January 15 - April 14, 2019 ; The Gibbes Museum of Art, May 24 - August 18, 2019 ; Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, September 13 - December 8, 2019 ; Smith College Museum of Art, January 17 - April 12, 2020 ; Frye Art Museum, May 9 - August 2, 2020 ; and Utah Museum of Fine Arts, August 28 - December 13, 2020.".

Artists : Derrick Adams ; Terry Adkins ; Njideka Akunyili Crosby ; Charles Alston ; Benny Andrews ; Romare Bearden ; Dawoud Bey ; McArthur Binion ; Betty Blayton-Taylor ; Chakaia Booker ; Frank Bowling ; Mark Bradford ; Jordan Casteel ; Elizabeth Catlett ; LeRoy Clarke ; Willie Cole ; Eldzier Cortor ; Noah Davis ; Beauford Delaney ; Thornton Dial ; Leonardo Drew ; Melvin Edwards ; Meschac Gaba ; Sam Gilliam ; David Hammons ; Lyle Ashton Harris ; Maren Hassinger ; Barkley L. Hendricks ; Richard Hunt ; Clementine Hunter ; Juliana Huxtable ; Steffani Jemison ; Lo�is Mailou Jones ; Isaac Julien ; Titus Kaphar ; Seydou Ke�ita ; Jacob Lawrence ; Hughie Lee-Smith ; Norman Lewis ; Glenn Ligon ; Kalup Linzy ; Tom Lloyd ; Whitfield Lovell ; Alvin Loving ; Kerry James Marshall ; Julie Mehretu ; Adia Millet ; Wangechi Mutu ; Kori Newkirk ; Otobong Nkanga ; Odili Donald Odita ; Chris Ofili ; Lorraine O'Grady ; Jennifer Packer ; Howardena Pindell ; Robert Pruitt ; Faith Ringgold ; Betye Saar ; Jacolby Satterwhite ; Malick Sidib�e ; Gary Simmons ; Lorna Simpson ; Shinique Smith ; Henry Taylor ; Alma Thomas ; Hank Willis Thomas ; Mickalene Thomas ; Bob Thompson ; Bill Traylor ; James VanDerZee ; Nari Ward ; Carrie Mae Weems ; Stanley Whitney ; Jack Whitten ; Kehinde Wiley ; William T. Williams ; Fred Wilson ; Hale Woodruff ; Lynette Yiadom-Boakye.

"The artists featured in Black Refractions, including Kerry James Marshall, Faith Ringgold, Nari Ward, Norman Lewis, Wangechi Mutu, and Lorna Simpson, are drawn from the renowned collection of the Studio Museum in Harlem. Through exhibitions, public programs, artist residencies, and bold acquisitions, this pioneering institution has served as a nexus for artists of African descent locally, nationally, and internationally since its founding in 1968. Rather than aim to construct a single history of "black art," Black Refractions emphasizes a plurality of narratives and approaches, traced through 125 works in all media from the 1930s to the present."--Amazon.com.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Connie H. Choi is the Associate Curator of the Permanent Collection at The Studio Museum in Harlem. Previously, she was Assistant Curator of American Art at the Brooklyn Museum.

Thelma Golden has become a driving force in the art world. Since disrupting the status quo with her 1994 exhibition, Black Male: Representations of Masculinity in Contemporary American Art, Golden has continued to create challenging dialogues around art and artists, making her one of the most respected curators in America. Golden took up a new challenge in 2000, joining the Studio Museum in Harlem and becoming executive director and chief curator in 2005.

Dr. Kellie Jones is Associate Professor in Art History and Archaeology and the Institute for Research in African American Studies (IRAAS) at Columbia University. Dr. Jones has received numerous awards for her work and in 2016 she was named a MacArthur Foundation Fellow. She is the author of two books published by Duke University Press, EyeMinded: Living and Writing Contemporary Art and South of Pico: African American Artists in Los Angeles in the 1960s and 1970s (2017).