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Tomashi Jackson: across the universe / contributions by Nikita Gale, Robin D.G. Kelley, Miranda Lash, Liz Munsell, Megan O'Grady, Larry Ossei-Mensah, Zoé Whitley.

Fine Arts Library N6537.J3143 A4 2024
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Abrams, Nora Burnett, author of introduction, etc.
Contributor:
Gale, Nikita, 1983- interviewee.
Kelley, Robin D. G., contributor.
Lash, Miranda Isabel, contributor.
Munsell, Liz, contributor.
O'Grady, Megan, contributor.
Ossei-Mensah, Larry, interviewer.
Whitley, Zoé, contributor.
Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Jackson, Tomashi, 1980---Catalogs.
Jackson, Tomashi.
Jackson, Tomashi, 1980---Exhibitions.
Jackson, Tomashi, 1980---Interviews.
Art, Modern--21st century--Exhibitions.
Art, Modern.
Mixed media (Art)--21st century--Exhibitions.
Mixed media (Art).
Installations (Art)--21st century--Exhibitions.
Installations (Art).
Social justice in art--Exhibitions.
Social justice in art.
African American women artists.
Genre:
exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs.
Physical Description:
191 pages : color illustrations ; 28 x 24 cm
Place of Publication:
New York, NY : Rizzoli Electa, 2024.
Summary:
"Deeply committed to social justice, artist Tomashi Jackson creates vibrant prints, paintings, videos, textiles, and sculptures that powerfully explore systemic inequities found throughout US history. This is the first book to present the evolution of Jackson's work. Over the course of her career, Jackson has closely investigated specific histories related to cities, lands, and individuals in the United States, with the purpose of revealing how systemic racism and civil rights advocacy have informed America's approach to housing, education, transportation, voter disenfranchisement, police brutality, migration, and agriculture. Inspired by Josef Albers's research on the relativity of color, she employs image layering and the effects of light and perception toward illuminating underrecognized patterns of activism, resistance, oppression, and societal advances. This volume offers an opportunity to look comprehensively at overarching themes and developments in her process by gathering bodies of work in a variety of media created over time and in different locations. Jackson's engaging and nuanced approach to US history situates her as one of the most relevant artists practicing today." --Amazon
Contents:
Foreword / Nora Burnett Abrams
Our Democracy in Color: Tomashi Jackson Depicts the American Experiment / Miranda Lash
"Histories in Collision" / Robin D. G. Kelley
Larry Ossei-Mensah in Conversation with Thoashi Jackson and Nikita Gale
Ecology of Fear (Abrams for Governor of Georgia) (Negro Women Wait to Congratulate LBJ), 2020 / Zoé Whitley
Future Great Societies / Liz Munsell
Slow Down: Tomashi Jackson on Mountain Time / Megan O'Grady
Endnotes
Exhibition Checklist
Index of Artworks
About the Artist
Contributors' Biographies
Acknowledgments.
Notes:
Published on the occasion of the exhibition 'Tomashi Jackson: Across the Universe' organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, June 14-September 10, 2023.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
ISBN:
0847899381
9780847899388
OCLC:
1393241320

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