Charles White : a little higher / edited by Jill Deupi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

White, Charles, 1918-1979, artist.

Contributor:

Deupi, Jill, editor, contributor to text.

Lowe Art Museum, host institution.

Hickory Museum of Art (Hickory, N.C.)

Cincinnati Art Museum.

Standardized Title:

Works. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

White, Charles, 1918-1979--Exhibitions.

White, Charles.

African American artists--Exhibitions.

African American artists.

African Americans in art--Exhibitions.

African Americans in art.

White, Charles, 1918-1979.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

155, [5] pages : color illustrations, portraits ; 29 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Little higher

Place of Publication:

Miami, FL : Tra Publishing, 2023.

Summary:

An influential painter, printmaker, and teacher, Charles White’s work is primarily figurative and concerned with the challenges and triumphs of Black life in America. He created “images of dignity” that ennobled his subjects while acknowledging the realities of systemic racism and oppression. This volume brings together a biographical overview of White’s life, three thoughtful essays about White’s work by noted scholars, an in-depth interview about White with contemporary Black artist Bing Davis, and full-page images accompanied by descriptions of approximately forty works by White. The book is a companion to the exhibition of the same name, which will be on view at the University of Miami’s Lowe Art Museum and will travel to Hickory Museum of Art (Hickory, NC) and the Cincinnati Art Museum.

Contents:

Director's foreword / Jill Deupi

Collector's note / Arthur Primas

Charles White: a life, extraordinary / Jill Deupi

Mexico was a milestone

Charles White's 'Negro: U.S.A.' prints / Mora J. Beauchamp-Byrd

On Charles White: his vision was his own / Wills "Bing" Davis in conversation with Will South

The miseducation of Charles White / Nijah Cunningham

Plate / Jill Deupi

Notes

Contributors

Credits.

Notes:

Catalog to accompany the exhibition organized and presented at Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Nov. 10, 2022 - Feb. 26, 2023 and to travel to the Hickory Museum of Art, March - July, 2023 and the Cincinnati Art Museum, Nov., 2023 - Feb. 2024.

ISBN:

9798985651829

OCLC:

1355060222