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Black gold : stories untold.
Fine Arts Library N6538.B53 B53 2026
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African American art--21st century.
- African American art.
- Art, Modern--21st century.
- Art, Modern.
- Sculpture.
- Mixed media (Art).
- Mixed media textiles.
- Mixed media sculpture.
- Installations (Art).
- United States. Army--African American troops.
- United States. Army.
- Slavery--United States.
- Slavery.
- African American soldiers.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--African Americans.
- United States.
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877).
- California--Gold discoveries.
- California.
- Photography, Artistic.
- Documentary photography.
- mixed media.
- installations (visual works).
- art photography.
- documentary photography.
- Genre:
- exhibition catalogs.
- interviews.
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Interviews.
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 161 pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm
- Distribution:
- Minneapolis, MN : Consortium Book Sales & Distribution, 2026.
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Fe, NM : Radius Books ; San Francisco, CA : For-Site, 2026.
- Summary:
- "Black Gold, published to coincide with an exhibition of the same name, brings together recent and newly commissioned artworks by a number of contemporary artists reflecting on the resilience, struggles, and triumphs of African Americans who lived in California during a period spanning from the Gold Rush to the era of Reconstruction following the Civil War. The project highlights a constellation of related issues that are often omitted from California's historical narratives, including the presence of slavery within this "free" state and the important role that Black citizens played within the booming mining industry, the successes of Black entrepreneurs, and the experiences of the African American Army regiments known as the Buffalo Soldiers. This book includes an essay by the exhibition's curator, Cheryl Haines; two artist roundtable discussions moderated by Key Jo Lee and Luke Williams, respectively; new and archival materials addressing California's hidden history of slavery and anti-Black legislation; and texts detailing the contributions of each of the exhibition's artists, including Adam Davis, Sir Isaac Julien CBE, Trina M. Robinson, Alison Saar, Yinka Shonibare CBE, Bryan Keith Thomas, and Hank Willis Thomas; as well as extensive documentation of the exhibition itself." -- Description from Radius Books.
- Contents:
- Introduction / Cheryl Haines
- Historical references
- Works in the exhibition I
- Truth to bear / conversation with Demitri Broxton, Mildred Howard, and Trina Michelle Robinson, moderated by Luke Williams
- Works in the exhibition II
- Shaped by Black hands / conversation with Adam Davis, Cheryl Derricotte, and Bryan Keith Thomas, moderated by Key Jo Lee
- Artist biographies
- Contributor biographies
- Acknowledgments.
- Notes:
- "Published in conjunction with the exhibition Black Gold: Stories Untold, organized by FOR-SITE's chief curator Cheryl Haines, on view at Fort Point National Historic Site, June 6 - November 2, 2025" -- colophon.
- ISBN:
- 9798890181343
- OCLC:
- 1501525960
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