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Imagining Black diasporas : 21st century art & poetics / Dhyandra Lawson ; with contributions by Sammy Baloji, Dionne Brand, Widline Cadet, Paul Mpagi Sepuya, Frida Orupabo, and Ytasha L. Womack.
Fine Arts Library N8217.B535 L39 2024
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lawson, Dhyandra, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Art, Black--21st century--Exhibitions.
- Art, Black.
- Artists, Black--21st century--Exhibitions.
- Artists, Black.
- African diaspora in art--Exhibitions.
- African diaspora in art.
- Genre:
- exhibition catalogs.
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Physical Description:
- 128 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 30 cm
- Distribution:
- New York, NY : ARTBOOK/D.A.P.
- Other Title:
- Imagining Black diasporas : twenty-first century art and poetics
- Imagining Black diasporas, 21st-century art and politics.
- Place of Publication:
- Los Angeles, CA : Los Angeles County Museum of Art ; New York, NY : DelMonico Books, 2024.
- Summary:
- "Examining aesthetic connections between the works of more than 50 Black artists from throughout the global diaspora. This book was born out of frustration with art histories that emphasize Black artists’ resilience over the aesthetic impact of their work. The experiences of oppression Black people endure are inconceivable, yet this focus on resilience often overwhelms critical attention to Black artists’ ideas, innovations or use of materials. Imagining Black Diasporas defines “diaspora’’ more broadly, understanding it as a dynamic term that evolves with Black experience. Through four themes, the book illuminates aesthetic connections among established and emerging US–based artists in dialogue with artists working in Africa, the Caribbean, South America and Europe."-- description from https://www.artbook.com/9781636810898.html, accessed 20241220.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Speech and silence
- Movement and transformation
- What is this world? / Dionne Brand
- Imagination
- Imagine me tangerine / Ytasha L. Womack
- Representation
- Artists represent themselves / Sammy Baloji, Widline Cadet, Paul Mpagi Sepuya, and Frida Orupabo
- Afterword / Michael Govan.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Published in conjunction with the exhibition "Imagining Black Diasporas: 21st-century Art and Politics" organized by and held at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, December 15, 2024-August 3, 2025.
- ISBN:
- 1636810896
- 9781636810898
- OCLC:
- 1437722115
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