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Oletha DeVane : spectrum of light and spirit / edited by Lowery Stokes Sims and Symmes Gardner, with contributions by Leslie King-Hammond, Christopher Kojzar, Serubiri Moses, and Tadia Rice.
Fine Arts Library NB237.D495 A4 2023
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Uchill, Rebecca, 1978- author of introduction, etc.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- DeVane, Oletha, 1950---Exhibitions.
- DeVane, Oletha.
- DeVane, Oletha, 1950---Biography.
- Sculpture, Modern--20th century--21st century.
- Sculpture, Modern.
- Multimedia (Art)--20th century--21st century.
- Multimedia (Art).
- Interactive art--Exhibitions.
- Interactive art.
- Sequin craft--In art.
- Sequin craft.
- Beadwork--In art.
- Beadwork.
- African American women artists.
- Genre:
- exhibition catalogs.
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Physical Description:
- 208 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm
- Distribution:
- New York : Artbook D.A.P.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore, Maryland : Center for Art, Design, and Visual Culture University of Maryland, Baltimore County, [2023].
- Summary:
- "Maryland-based artist Oletha DeVane (born 1952) has long been a prominent presence in the Baltimore-area art scene, working in all media, including public sculpture. 'Spectrum of Light and Spirit' documents the first full retrospective of her work, from early paintings to video artworks and interactive sculpture. Among the works presented here is a large-scale carved sculpture, 'N’Kisi Woman--Universal N'Kisi' (2021–22); nkisi is a Kongo cultural figure invested with sacred energy. The work reflects DeVane's fascination with how materials convey meaning and reemerge as myths and memories. 'Oletha DeVane is a wayfinder and a storyteller,' says the retrospective's curator, Lowery Stokes Sims. 'Over the last five decades as she has traveled in Asia, Africa and the Caribbean, she has been inspired by the stories and characters she encounters, bringing the unexpected to light, while finding new nuances in the old and familiar, and unexpected correlations among those varied cultures.'" --publisher's website
- Contents:
- Director's Foreword / Rebecca Uchill
- Executive Editor's Introduction / Symmes Gardner
- An Artist's Statement / Oletha DeVane
- Oletha DeVane: Spectrum of Light and Spirit / Lowery Stokes Sims
- Oletha DeVane's Adventurous Search for Meaning / Serubiri Moses
- Bonds of Permanence: Familial Ties, Memorials, and the Public Art of Oletha DeVane / Christopher Kojzar
- The Essence of Being Lies Within Ordinary, Useful/less Stuff, and Tangible Things / Leslie King-Hammond
- Artworks
- Artist's Statement / Tadia Rice
- Artworks in the Exhibition
- Oletha DeVane: A Biography
- Exhibition History
- Selected Bibliography.
- Notes:
- Published in conjunction with the exhibition 'Oletha DeVane: Spectrum of Light and Spirit', the first career retrospective of the Maryland-based artist, organized by Curator Lowery Stokes Sims. September 22-December 17, 2022.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 206-207)
- ISBN:
- 0960088547
- 9780960088546
- OCLC:
- 1397314033
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