Textures : the history and art of Black hair / curators, Dr. Tameka N. Ellington, Dr. Joseph L. Underwood ; editors, Joiseph L. Underwood and Tameka N. Ellington.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kent State University. Museum, host institution.

Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

Ellington, Tameka N., curator, editor.

Underwood, Joseph L., curator, editor.

Rogers-Lafferty, Sarah, writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Black people in art--Exhibitions.

Black people in art.

Hair in art--Exhibitions.

Hair in art.

Hairdressing of Black people--Social aspects--Exhibitions.

Hairdressing of Black people.

Hairdressing of Black people--History--Exhibitions.

Hair--Social aspects.

Hair.

Women, Black--Social conditions.

Women, Black.

Hairstyles--Social aspects.

Hairstyles.

History.

Social aspects.

Genre:

History.

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

192 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Other Title:

History and art of Black hair

Place of Publication:

Kent, Ohio, USA : The KSU Museum ; Munich, Germany : Hirmer, [2020]

Summary:

"Textures synthesizes research in history, fashion, art, and visual culture to reassess the "hair story" of peoples of African descent. Long a fraught topic for African Americans and others in the diaspora, Black hair is here addressed by artists, barbers, and activists in both its historical perceptions and its ramifications for self and society today. Combs, products, and implements from the collection of hair pioneer Willie Morrow are paired here with masterworks from artists like Sonya Clark, Lorna Simpson, Mickalene Thomas, and Alison Saar. Exploring topics such as the preferential treatment of straight hair, the social hierarchies of skin, and the power and politics of display, Textures is a landmark exploration of Black hair and its important, complicated place in the history of African American life and culture."--Google Books.

"Artists: Hector Acebes, Derrick Adams, Karo Akpokiere, Deborah Anzinger, Keturah Ariel, April Bey, Charles Bohannah, Margaret Bowland, Nakeya Brown, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, Tawny Chatmon, Sonya Clark, David Driskell, Sarah Duah, Andrew Esiebo, Joseph Eze, Amber Ford, Yrneh Gabon, Olaf Hajek, Nakazzi Hutchinson, Shara K. Johnson, Eric Lafforgue, Annie Lee, Delita Martin, Charlotte Mensah, Lebohang Motaung, Zanele Muholi, Althea Murphy-Price, Nontsikelelo Mutiti, Woodrow Nash, Sharon Norwood, Glenford Nu�nez, Charly Palmer, Gordon Parks, Faith Ringgold, Lezley Saar, Augusta Savage, Ngozi Schommers, Devan Shimoyama, Mary Sibande, Lorna Simpson, Nelson Stevens, Ibrahima Thiam, James Van Der Zee, Lina Viktor, Nafis White, Kehinde Wiley, Masa Zodros (and dozens of unidentified artists across African and American people groups)."-- Publisher website.

Contents:

Foreword/acknowledgements / Sarah J. Rogers

The conception of Textures : the history and art of Black hair / Tameka N. Ellington

Black hair is... / Lori L. Tharps

Whose story is it anyway? : considering Keturah Ariel's "Internal battle" and Black hair / Ingrid Banks

Combs and curling irons : the psycho-emotional tools for shaping Black hair textures and cultural consciousness / Afiya Mbilishaka

(The) dead matter / Zo�e Samudzi

Under the lens : photography and Black hair / Joseph L. Underwood

Community & memory

Hair politics

Black joy.

Notes:

"This book is published on the occasion of the exhibition Textures : the history and art of Black hair, Kent State University Museum, September 10, 2021-August 14, 2022"--Colophon.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-189) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9783777435541

3777435546

OCLC:

1142523105

Publisher Number:

99986102685