Represent : 200 years of African American art in the Philadelphia Museum of Art / Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw, consulting curator ; introductory essay by Richard J. Powell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shaw, Gwendolyn DuBois, 1968- author.

Contributor:

Powell, Richard J., 1953- curator, writer of introduction.

Philadelphia Museum of Art, host institution.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American art--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Exhibitions.

African American art.

African American artists--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Exhibitions.

African American artists.

Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Genre:

exhibition catalogs.

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

xiii, 210 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 31 cm

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, PA, USA : Philadelphia Museum of Art ; New Haven, CT, USA : in association with Yale University Press, [2014]

Summary:

This publication highlights nearly 150 objects in the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art that were created by American artists of African descent. Introduced with an essay by the distinguished scholar Richard J. Powell, the volume includes paintings, sculpture, works on paper, decorative arts, costume and textiles, and photography by some 100 artists, from classically trained painters such as Henry Ossawa Tanner to self-taught artists such as Bill Traylor. Informative, thematic essays by the consulting curator, Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw, are followed by individual object entries as well as texts spotlighting areas of collecting strength, many of them written by members of the museum's curatorial staff. The first major publication to focus on the museum's diverse collection of works by African American artists, this volume also offers a fresh scholarly perspective on African American art from the early 19th century to the present.

Contents:

Walking on water : embodiment, abstraction, and Black visuality / Richard J. Powell

Catalogue

The art of everyday life : essay / by Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw

Outside the door : essay / by Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw

Imagining modernity : essay / by Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw

The conceptual turn : essay / by Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw.

Notes:

"Published on the occasion of the exhibition 'Represent: 200 Years of African American Art, ' Philadelphia Museum of Art, January 10-April 5, 2015"--Title page verso

Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-208) and index.

Local Notes:

Pennsylvania Abolition Society Complimentary Collection.

ISBN:

9780876332498

0876332491

9780300208009

0300208006

OCLC:

877370075

Online:

http://yalepress.yale.edu/book.asp?isbn=9780300208009

http://www.philamuseum.org/exhibitions/815.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/200-years-of-african-american-art-at-philadelphia-museum-of-art/2015/01/13/5f3f03ac-9b44-11e4-bcfb-059ec7a93ddc_story.html

http://www.delawareonline.com/story/life/2015/02/06/philly-museum-showcases-african-american-art/22924407/

http://observer.com/2014/12/philadelphia-museum-of-art-will-survey-200-years-of-african-american-artists-in-2015/

http://www.visitphilly.com/events/philadelphia/represent-at-the-philadelphia-museum-of-art/

http://www.departures.com/art-culture/represent-200-years-african-american-art-philadelphia-museum-art