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Testimony : vernacular art of the African-American south : the Ronald and June Shelp collection / essays by Kinshasha Conwill ... [and others].
Fine Arts Library N6538.N5 T425 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shelp, June.
- Shelp, Ronald Kent.
- African American art--Southern States--Exhibitions.
- African American art.
- Outsider art--Southern States--Exhibitions.
- Outsider art.
- Art, American--20th century--Exhibitions.
- Art, American.
- Shelp, Ronald Kent--Art collections--Exhibitions.
- Shelp, June--Art collections--Exhibitions.
- Art--Private collections--United States--Exhibitions.
- Art.
- Art--Private collections.
- Art museums.
- United States.
- Southern States.
- Genre:
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Physical Description:
- 192 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Harry N. Abrams in association with exhibitions International and the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, [2001]
- Summary:
- Speaking powerfully and directly to a growing audience, African-American vernacular art is making its mark in the art world. In this outstanding collection of contemporary art, works by 27 self-taught artists bear eloquent testimony to the social, cultural, and spiritual experiences of Southern African Americans.
- Thornton Dial Sr., Ronald Lockett, Bessie Harvey, Mose Tolliver, and Purvis Young head a roster of leading artists in this genre. Five scholars explore the significance of these emotionally charged, culturally complex artworks and their context in the larger art world; brief biographies and the artists' own statements are included.
- Testimony accompanies a traveling exhibition organized by the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and Exhibitions International.
- Contents:
- Critical Vantage Points 10
- African-American Art and Contemporary Critical Practice / Judith M. McWillie 11
- The End of the Outsider / Arthur C. Danto 30
- Becoming Art: Life Spans, Biographies, and the Shelp Collection / Grey Gundaker 42
- Feeling at Home with Vernacular African-American Art / Kinshasha Conwill 54
- Witnessing: Layered Meanings in Vernacular Art / Edmund Barry Gaither 64
- The Art and the Artists 83
- Witness to History / Leroy Almon, Joe Minter, Purvis Young, Thornton Dial Jr., Charlie Lucas 84
- Allegorical Animals / Thornton Dial Sr., Ronald Lockett, Mose Tolliver, Joe Light 106
- Biblical Scenes / Mary Proctor, Herbert Singleton Jr., Felix "Harry" Virgous, Arthur Dial, Lorenzo Scott 126
- Iconic Human Figures / Mary Tillman Smith, Archie Byron 142
- Spiritual and Protective Messages / John (J. B.) Murray, Hawkins Bolden, Ralph Griffin, Bessie Harvey, Lonnie Holley, Richard Dial, Richard Burnside 154
- Direct Observation / James "Son" Thomas, Henry Speller, Georgia Speller, Jimmy Lee Sudduth 170.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-189) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0810944847
- OCLC:
- 46366258
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