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Black earth rising : colonialism and climate change in contemporary art / Ekow Eshun.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Eshun, Ekow, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nature in art--21st century--Exhibitions.
- Nature in art.
- Climatic changes in art--Exhibitions.
- Climatic changes in art.
- Settler colonialism--Environmental aspects--Exhibitions.
- Settler colonialism.
- Imperialism--Environmental aspects--Exhibitions.
- Imperialism.
- Imperialism in art--Exhibitions.
- Imperialism in art.
- Forced migration--Environmental aspects--Exhibitions.
- Forced migration.
- Environmental degradation in art--Exhibitions.
- Environmental degradation in art.
- African American artists--Exhibitions.
- African American artists.
- Hispanic American artists--Exhibitions.
- Hispanic American artists.
- Indigenous peoples in art--Exhibitions.
- Indigenous peoples in art.
- Genre:
- exhibition catalogs.
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Physical Description:
- 239 pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York : Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2025.
- Summary:
- "Featuring strikingly lyrical contributions by Black, Latin American, and Native American artists, 'Black Earth Rising' assembles over 200 contemporary artworks that explore the complex ties between colonialism and the climate crisis--and in so doing, dramatically expands visual narratives on climate change. Taking as its origin the forced migration of people and early networks of commerce that reshaped lives and landscapes globally after European arrival in the Americas, the book offers an urgent reframing of climate discourse that places people of color at the center of the debate." -- description from back cover.
- "Black Earth Rising presents works by artists of African diasporic, Latin American, and Native American identity that address vital questions of land, presence, climate crisis, and social and environmental justice against the historical backdrop of European settlement of the New World. Supported by an exhibition at the Baltimore Museum of Art curated by the author, this timely publication invites us to trace and make the connections between race, the climate crisis, and colonialism. Works by over 150 contemporary artists are presented in three thematic sections: Reckoning, Reimagining, and Reclaiming. Complex and intertwined concepts are explored: forced migration and slavery, the environmental consequences of colonialism, the occupation of Native lands, the urban plight of Black and Brown communities, and how cultural practices and knowledge systems of indigenous peoples can change our perspectives of the natural world. Compelling and thought-provoking, Black Earth Rising presents a discourse around climate change that situates the voices of people of color at the active center rather than on the passive periphery, and expands our understanding of aesthetic perspectives on climate change through artworks that reach to the poetic and lyrical rather than the didactic."-- description from https://wwnorton.com/books/9780500028780, accessed 20250701.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Black Earth as a Poem
- I. Reckoning
- Plantation Returns in Contemporary Art / Anna Arabindan-Kesson
- II. Reimagining
- The Creative Storm of the Otherwise / Macarena Gómez-Barris
- III. Reclaiming
- Notes
- Picture Credits
- Index
- Acknowledgments
- About the Authors.
- Notes:
- Published in conjunction with the exhibition 'Black Earth Rising' at the Baltimore Museum of Art (18 May-21 September 2025).
- Includes bibliographic references and index
- ISBN:
- 0500028788
- 9780500028780
- OCLC:
- 1519592616
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