Black Art: A Cultural History

Black Art: A Cultural HistoryFrom musings on the "the souls of black folk" in early twentieth century painting, sculpture, and photography to questions of racial and cultural identities in performance, media, and computer assisted arts in the 1990s, the book draws on the works of hundreds of artists including Jean Michel Basquiat, Romare Bearden, Elizabeth Catlett, Lois Mailou Jones, Wifredo Lam, Jacob Lawrence, Spike Lee, Archibald Motley, Jr., Faith Ringgold, and Gerard Sekoto.

From musings on the "the souls of black folk" in early twentieth-century painting, sculpture, and photography to questions of racial and cultural identities in performance, media, and computer-assisted arts in the 1990s, the book draws on the works of hundreds of artists including Jean-Michel Basquiat, Romare Bearden, Elizabeth Catlett, Lois Mailou Jones, Wifredo Lam, Jacob Lawrence, Spike Lee, Archibald Motley, Jr., Faith Ringgold, and Gerard Sekoto.

This revised edition includes expanded coverage of video art and a new chapter that discusses work by a number of artists who have newly risen to prominence, such as Chris Ofili, Kara Walker, and Ren e Cox. Biographies of more than 170 key artists provide a unique art-historical reference.

Placing its emphasis on black cultural themes rather than on black racial identity, this groundbreaking book is an important exploration of the visual representations of black culture throughout the twentieth century and into the twenty-first.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Published: 02/17/2003
ISBN: 9780500203620
Pages: 272
Weight: 1.18lbs
Size: 8.26h x 5.94w x 0.66d

Review Citations: Black Issues Book Review 11/01/2005 pg. 30