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Genre/Form: | Exhibition catalogues exhibition catalogs Exhibition catalogs Catalogues d'exposition Exhibitions Expositions |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Kellie Jones; Hazel V Carby; Getty Foundation,; Hammer Museum, |
ISBN: | 9783791351360 3791351362 |
OCLC Number: | 729342146 |
Notes: | "Published with the assistance of The Getty Foundation." "Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, Oct. 2, 2011-Jan. 8, 2012." "This exhibition is a part of Pacific Standard Time.--P. [7]." |
Description: | 351 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm |
Contents: | Foreword / Ann Philbin -- Acknowledgments / Kellie Jones -- Now dig this! : an introduction / Kellie Jones -- The art of creative survival / Daniel Widener -- Defending Black imagination : the "L.A. Rebellion" school of Black filmmakers / Jacqueline Stewart -- Black art in L.A. : photographs by Robert A. Nakamura / Karin Higa -- Find the cave, hold the torch : making art shows since Walter Popps / Franklin Sirmans -- Los Angeles snapshots / Roberto Tejada -- Rebellion and its aftermath : assemblage and film in L.A. and London / Naima J. Keith -- Figuring the future in Los(t) Angeles / Hazel V. Carby -- Frontrunners : Melvin Edwards ; William Pajaud ; Betye Saar ; Charles White ; Friends: Mark di Suvero, Ron Miyashiro, Tyrus Wong -- Assembling : Daniel LaRue Johnson ; John Outterbridge ; Noah Purifoy ; John T. Riddle Jr. ; Betye Saar ; Friends: Sheila Levrant de Bretteville, Virginia Jaramillo, Gordon Wagner, Andrew Zermeño/Mechicano Art Center -- Artists/gallerists : Alonzo Davis ; Dale Brockman Davis ; Suzanne Jackson ; Samella Lewis ; Friends: Sister Karen Boccalero/Self Help Graphics, Marie Johnson Calloway, Elizabeth Leigh-Taylor -- Post/minimalism and performance : Fred Eversley ; David Hammons ; Maren Hassinger ; Ulysses Jenkins ; Senga Nengudi ; Friends: John Altoon, Houston Conwill, Charles Gaines, Joe Overstreet, Raymond Saunders -- Epilogue: A suitcase : George Clack ; Dan Concholar ; Ruth G. Waddy -- Selected chronology, 1960-80 / Jennifer Vanore. |
Other Titles: | Art & Black Los Angeles, 1960-1980 |
Responsibility: | [edited by] Kellie Jones ; with contributions by Hazel V. Carby [and seven others] ; [acknowledgments, an introction [by] Kellie Jones]. |
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Abstract:
The pioneering work of a group of black artists is documented in this companion volume to a groundbreaking exhibition.
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..". a fascinating and comprehensive text about the often-overlooked legacy of L.A.'s African American artists. The book contains some wonderful regional art history, as well as great reproductions of art by Betye Saar, Melvin Edwards, John Outterbridge, Charles White and others. The artist biographies are excellent."-Richard Chang, The Orange County Register, 12/9/11"The companion book to a grounbreaking exhibition documenting the pioneering work of a group of black artists..."-Los Angeles Times, 12/4/11 Read more...
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