Caribbean visions : contemporary painting and sculpture.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Eickel, Nancy, editor.

Art Services International.

Westreich Collection Fund.

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art, Caribbean--20th century--Exhibitions.

Art, Caribbean.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

228 pages : illustrations (some color), map, portraits ; 28 cm

Place of Publication:

Alexandria, Va. : Art Services International, 1995.

Summary:

Contains works of 56 painters and sculptors with essays on the culture of some of the islands.

Contents:

Preface / Gloria Gordon

Introduction / Samella Lewis and Mary Jane Hewitt

The Antilles: Fragments of Epic Memory / Derek Walcott

Caribbean Cultural Identity / Rex Nettleford

Trinidad Carnival: History and Meaning / Errol Hill

Carnival and Its Place in Caribbean Culture and Art / Peter Minshall

Caribbean Art and Culture from a Haitian Perspective / Gerald Alexis

Artists of Haiti: Reflections on a Narrative / Richard A. Long

Modern Art of the Spanish-Speaking Caribbean / Shifra M. Goldman

Catalogue of Works.

Notes:

This exhibition is organized and circulated by Art Services International, Alexandria, Virginia."

"In the catalogue of works section (pp. 95-207), artists appear alphabetically according to country of birth. Also refer to the list of participating artists (p. 9) and the index of artists (p. 227)."

"Editor: Nancy Eickel. Designer: Polly Franchine."

"Cover: Dudley Charles, Forest Lights, 1991."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-226) and index.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Westreich Collection Fund.

Banks Collection copy has drawing of bathtub laid in.

Other Format:

Online version: Caribbean visions.

ISBN:

0883971186

9780883971185

OCLC:

32738232