Art for people's sake : artists and community in Black Chicago, 1965-1975 / Rebecca Zorach.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zorach, Rebecca, 1969- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

AFRICOBRA (Group of artists)--History.

AFRICOBRA (Group of artists).

Organization of Black American Culture--History.

Organization of Black American Culture.

Black Arts movement--Illinois--Chicago.

Black Arts movement.

African American arts--Illinois--Chicago--History--20th century.

African American arts.

City planning--Social aspects--Illinois--Chicago--History--20th century.

City planning.

Artists and community--Illinois--Chicago--History--20th century.

Artists and community.

History.

City planning--Social aspects.

Chicago (Ill.)--Race relations--History--20th century.

Chicago (Ill.).

Race relations.

Illinois--Chicago.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xx, 395 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 2019.

Summary:

In the 1960s and early 1970s, Chicago witnessed a remarkable flourishing of visual arts associated with the Black Arts Movement. From the painting of murals as a way to reclaim public space and the establishment of independent community art centers to the work of the AFRICOBRA collective and Black filmmakers, artists on Chicago's South and West Sides built a vision of art as service to the people. In Art for People's Sake Rebecca Zorach traces the little-told story of the visual arts of the Black Arts Movement in Chicago, showing how artistic innovations responded to decades of racist urban planning that left Black neighborhoods sites of economic depression, infrastructural decay, and violence. Working with community leaders, children, activists, gang members, and everyday people, artists developed a way of using art to help empower and represent themselves. Showcasing the depth and sophistication of the visual arts in Chicago at this time, Zorach demonstrates the crucial role of aesthetics and artistic practice in the mobilization of Black radical politics during the Black Power era. -- Publisher description.

Contents:

Claiming space, being in public

Cultural nationalism and community culture

An experimental friendship

The Black family

Until the walls come down

Starring the Black community.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Zorach, Rebecca, 1969- author. Art for people's sake

ISBN:

9781478001003

1478001003

9781478001409

1478001402

OCLC:

1048938511

Publisher Number:

40029026546