30 Americans : Rubell Museum / editor, Juan Valadez ; contributing writers, Robert Hobbs, Glenn Ligon, Franklin Sirmans and Michele Wallace.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rubell Family Collection.

Contributor:

Hobbs, Robert Carleton, 1946- contributor.

Ligon, Glenn, 1960- contributor.

Sirmans, Franklin, contributor.

Wallace, Michele, contributor.

North Carolina Museum of Art, host institution.

Corcoran Gallery of Art, host institution.

Chrysler Museum of Art, host institution.

Milwaukee Art Museum, host institution.

Frist Center for the Visual Arts (Nashville, Tenn.), host institution.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rubell Family Collection--Exhibitions.

Rubell Family Collection.

African American art--21st century--Exhibitions.

African American art.

African American artists--21st century--Exhibitions.

African American artists.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

223 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color) ; 29 cm

Edition:

Expanded fourth edition.

Other Title:

Thirty Americans

Place of Publication:

Miami, Florida : Rubell Family Collection, [2017].

Summary:

"Nationally celebrated as one of the most important exhibitions of contemporary art in the United States within the last decade, 30 Americans showcases an influential group of prominent African American artists who have emerged as leading contributors to the contemporary art scene in the US and beyond. The exhibition and accompanying catalog explores the evolving roles of black subjects in art since the 1970s and highlights some of the most pressing social and political issues facing our country today, including ongoing narratives of racial inequality; the construction of racial, gender and sexual identity; and the pernicious underpinnings and effects of stereotyping."-- From Amazon.

Contents:

Inside Our Process / Rubell Family

Art Chronicle / Franklin Sirmans

Untitled / Glenn Ligon

The African Sublime / Michele Wallace

Looking B(l)ack: Reflections of White Racism / Robert Hobbs

Plates: Nina Chanel Abney ; John Bankston ; Jean-Michel Basquiat ; Mark Bradford ; Iona Rozeal Brown ; Nick Cave ; Robert Colescott ; Noah Davis ; Leonardo Drew ; Renée Green ; David Hammons ; Barkley L. Hendricks ; Rashid Johnson ; Glenn Ligon ; Kalup Linzy ; Kerry James Marshall ; Rodney McMillian ; Wangechi Mutu ; William Pope. L ; Gary Simmons ; Xaviera Simmons ; Lorna Simpson ; Shinique Smith ; Jeff Sonhouse ; Henry Taylor ; Hank Willis Thomas ; Mickalene Thomas ; Kara Walker ; Carrie Mae Weems ; Kehinde Wiley ; Purvis Young

Checklist

Credits and thanks.

Notes:

Title from cover

Originally published on the occasion of the exhibition 30 Americans at the Rubell Family Collection (December 3, 2008 - May 30, 2009) ; North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh (March 19, 2011 - September 4, 2011); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (October 1, 2011 - February 12, 2012); Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk (March 16, 2012 - July 15, 2012); Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee (June 14 - September 8, 2013); Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville (October 11, 2013 - January 12, 2014).

Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans (February 8, 2014-June 15, 2014); Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock (April 9, 2015-June 21, 2015); Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit (October 18, 2015-January 18, 2018); Cincinnati Art Museum, Ohio (March 19-August 26, 2016); Tacoma Art Museum, Washington (September 24, 2016-January 15, 2017); McNay Art Museum, San Antonio (February 8-May 6, 2018); Juliet Art Museum, Charleston (April 1-July 1, 2018); Tucson Museum of Art, Arizona (October 6, 2018-January 13, 2019); Joslyn Museum of Art, Omaha (February -May, 2019); Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City (May-August, 2019).

Artists in the exhibition: Nina Chanel Abney, John Bankston, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Mark Bradford, Iona Rozeal Brown, Nick Cave, Robert Colescott, Noah Davis, Leonardo Drew, Renée Green, David Hammons, Barkley L. Hendricks, Rashid Johnson, Glenn Ligon, Kalup Linzy, Kerry James Marshall, Rodney McMillian, Wangechi Mutu, William Pope. L, Gary Simmons, Xaviera Simmons, Lorna Simpson, Shinique Smith, Jeff Sonhouse, Henry Taylor, Hank Willis Thomas, Mickalene Thomas, Kara Walker, Carrie Mae Weems, Kehinde Wiley, Purvis Young.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780971634121

0971634122

OCLC:

1046449220