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Visible man : Fahamu Pecou / by Pecou, Fahamu,1975-artist.(CARDINAL)356647; Sloan, Mark,1957-editor.(CARDINAL)355512; Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art,issuing body,host institution,publisher,originatoranizer.(CARDINAL)356632; Mary Elizabeth Dee Shaw Gallery,host institution.; University of New Hampshire.Museum of Art,host institution.(CARDINAL)289282; Michael C. Carlos Museum,host institution,originatoranizer,issuing body,publisher.(CARDINAL)225694;
Includes bibliographical resources."Visible Man provides an in-depth look at the work of Atlanta-based artist Fahamu Pecou (born 1975) from the past two decades, showing how Pecou's work investigates the concept of black masculinity and provides new modes for the representation of black bodies. Starting with his self-assumed persona 'Fahamu Pecou is the Shit!' and his early NEOPOP works, in which he places himself on the covers of prestigious art and culture magazines, the catalog shows the trajectory of his work, ending with the 'DO or DIE' and '#BLACKMATTERLIVES' series."
Subjects: Exhibition catalogs.; Illustrated works.; Portraits.; Essays.; Art.; Pecou, Fahamu, 1975-; Pecou, Fahamu, 1975-; Pecou, Fahamu, 1975-; African American painting; African American men in art; Black people; Hip-hop in art; Hope in art; Racism in art; Black lives matter movement; Black Lives Matter movement.;
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Souls grown deep like the rivers : Black artists from the American South / by Lampkins-Fielder, Raina,curator,writer of supplementary textual content.(CARDINAL)876944; Anderson, Maxwell Lincoln,writer of preface.(CARDINAL)223663; Bray, Rebecca,curator,contributor.(CARDINAL)502607; Rüger, Axel,curator.(CARDINAL)119674; Salter, Rebecca,1955-writer of foreword.(CARDINAL)884297; Yau, Emma,curator,contributor.; AAC Artbooks,distributor.; Distributed Art Publishers,distributor.(CARDINAL)784868; Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain),host institution.(CARDINAL)151149;
Includes bibliographical references and index."For generations, Black artists from the American South have forged a unique art tradition. Working in near isolation from established practices, they have created masterpieces in clay, driftwood, roots, soil, recycled and cast-off objects that articulate America's painful past--the inhuman practice of enslavement, the cruel segregationist policies of the Jim Crow era, and institutionalized racism. Their works date from the early 20th century to today and respond to issues ranging from economic inequality, oppression and social marginalization, to sexuality, the influence of place and ancestral memory. Among the sculptures, paintings, reliefs and drawings included here are works by Hawkins Bolden, Thornton Dial, Sam Doyle, Bessie Harvey, Lonnie Holley, Ronald Lockett, Joe Minter, Nellie Mae Rowe, Mary T. Smith, Henry and Georgia Speller, Mose Tolliver, Charles Williams, and Purvis Young. Also featured are the celebrated quiltmakers of Gee's Bend, Alabama, among them Mary Lee Bendolph, Marlene Bennett Jones, Loretta Pettway and Martha Jane Pettway."--
Subjects: Exhibition catalogs.; Illustrated works.; African American art; African American artists; African American women artists; Art, American; Artists, Black; Artists; Racism in art; Segregation; Slavery in art; Women artists, Black;
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Book club kit. [kit] / by Brooks, Geraldine,author(CARDINAL)383748;
"A discarded painting in a junk pile, a skeleton in an attic, and the greatest racehorse in American history: from these strands, a Pulitzer Prize winner braids a sweeping story of spirit, obsession, and injustice across American history. Kentucky, 1850. Jarrett, an enslaved groom, and a bay foal forge a bond of understanding that will carry the horse to record-setting victories across the South. As the nation erupts in civil war, an itinerant young artist who has made his name painting the racehorse takes up arms for the Union. On a perilous night, he reunites with the stallion and his groom, very far from the glamor of any racetrack. New York City, 1954. Martha Jackson, a gallery owner celebrated for taking risks on edgy contemporary painters, becomes obsessed with a 19th century equestrian oil painting of mysterious provenance. Washington, DC, 2019. Jess, a Smithsonian scientist from Australia, and Theo, a Nigerian-American art historian, find themselves unexpectedly drawn to one another through their shared interest in the horse--one studying the stallion's bones for clues to his power and endurance, the other uncovering the lost history of the unsung Black horsemen who were critical to his racing success. Based on the remarkable true story of the record-breaking thoroughbred, Lexington, who became America's greatest stud sire, Horse is a gripping, multi-layered reckoning with the legacy of enslavement and racism in America"--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Historical fiction.; Social problem fiction.; Novels.; African American horsemen and horsewomen; Horses in art; Painting; Race horses; Racism; Slavery; Racism.;
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Promise, witness, remembrance : April 7-June 13, 2021 / by Speed Art Museum,organizer,host institution,issuing body.; Glenn, Allison M.,curator,contributor.; Northington, Toya,contributor.; Platow, Raphaela,contributor.; Reily, Stephen,author of introduction,contributor.;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Exhibition catalogs.; Taylor, Breonna, 1993-2020; African American artists; African Americans; Racism; Social movements in art.; Racism.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Through students' eyes : combating racism in United States schools / by Donaldson, Karen B. McLean.(CARDINAL)210784;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-158) and index.1250L
Subjects: Discrimination in education; Racism; Multicultural education; Arts; Racism.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
On-line resources: Suggest title for digitization;
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The wind at my back : resilience, grace, and other gifts from my mentor, Raven Wilkinson / by Copeland, Misty,author.; Fales-Hill, Susan,1962-author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-219) and index."Misty Copeland made history as the first African-American principal ballerina at the American Ballet Theatre. Her talent, passion, and perseverance enabled her to make strides no one had accomplished before. But as she will tell you, achievement never happens in a void. Behind her, supporting her rise was her mentor, Raven Wilkinson, who had been virtually alone in her quest to breach the all-white ballet world when she fought to be taken seriously as a Black ballerina in the 1950s and 60s. A trailblazer in the world of ballet decades before Misty's time, Raven faced overt and casual racism, hostile crowds, and death threats for having the audacity to dance ballet. The Wind at My Back tells the story of two unapologetically Black ballerinas, their friendship, and how they changed each other--and the dance world--forever. Misty Copeland shares her own struggles with racism and exclusion in her pursuit of this dream career and honors the women like Raven who paved the way for her but whose contributions have gone unheralded. She celebrates the connection she made with Raven, the only teacher who could truly understand the obstacles she faced, beyond the technical or artistic demands. A beautiful and wise memoir of intergenerational friendship and the impressive journeys of two remarkable women, The Wind at My Back captures the importance of mentorship, of shared history, and of respecting the past to ensure a stronger future."--
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Copeland, Misty.; Wilkinson, Raven.; African American ballerinas; African American ballerinas; Ballerinas; Ballet dancers; Ballet; Mentoring in the arts; Racism; Racism against Black people; Racism.;
Available copies: 18 / Total copies: 19
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Mounting frustration : the art museum in the age of Black power / by Cahan, Susan,author.(CARDINAL)209882;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-333) and index.Electronic refractions II at the Studio Museum in Harlem -- Harlem on my mind at the Metropolitan Museum of Art -- Contemporary Black artists in America at the Whitney Museum of American Art -- Romare Bearden : the prevalence of ritual and the sculpture of Richard Hunt at the Museum of Modern Art."Prior to 1967 fewer than a dozen museum exhibitions had featured the work of African American artists. And by the time the civil rights movement reached the American art museum, it had already crested: the first public demonstrations to integrate museums occurred in late 1968, twenty years after the desegregation of the military and fourteen years after the Brown vs. Board of Education decision. In Mounting Frustration Susan E. Cahan investigates the strategies African American artists and museum professionals employed as they wrangled over access to and the direction of New York City's elite museums. Drawing on numerous interviews with artists and analyses of internal museum documents, Cahan gives a detailed and at times surprising picture of the institutional and social forces that both drove and inhibited racial justice in New York's museums. Cahan focuses on high-profile and wildly contested exhibitions that attempted to integrate African American culture and art into museums, each of which ignited debate, dissension, and protest. The Metropolitan Museum's 1969 exhibition Harlem on My Mind was supposed to represent the neighborhood, but it failed to include the work of the black artists living and working there. While the Whitney's 1971 exhibition Contemporary Black Artists in America featured black artists, it was heavily criticized for being haphazard and not representative. The Whitney show revealed the consequences of museums' failure to hire African American curators, or even white curators who possessed knowledge of black art. Cahan also recounts the long history of the Museum of Modern Art's institutional ambivalence toward contemporary artists of color, which reached its zenith in its 1984 exhibition "Primitivism" in Twentieth Century Art. Representing modern art as a white European and American creation that was influenced by the "primitive" art of people of color, the show only served to further devalue and cordon off African American art. In addressing the racial politics of New York's art world, Cahan shows how aesthetic ideas reflected the underlying structural racism and inequalities that African American artists faced. These inequalities are still felt in America's museums, as many fundamental racial hierarchies remain intact: art by people of color is still often shown in marginal spaces; one-person exhibitions are the preferred method of showing the work of minority artists, as they provide curators a way to avoid engaging with the problems of complicated, interlocking histories; and whiteness is still often viewed as the norm. The ongoing process of integrating museums, Cahan demonstrates, is far broader than overcoming past exclusions." -- Publisher's description
Subjects: Exhibition catalogs.; African American art; Racism in museum exhibits; Museum exhibits; Museum exhibits;
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In open contempt : confronting White supremacy in art and public space / by Weathersby, Irvin,Jr.,author.;
Prologue: Losers and trophies -- Plantation visitations -- 1811 Street -- A lesson before dying -- "Have you seen our sisters?" -- Captain Blackman -- A day in the life of chains -- The deities of water and canebrake -- Open caskets -- Retold in present tense -- Epilogue: "art makes better humans"."A stirring journey into the soul of a fractured America that confronts the enduring specter of white supremacy in our art, monuments, and public spaces"--
Subjects: Racism and the arts; Arts and society; White supremacy (Social structure);
Available copies: 18 / Total copies: 18
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The journey : Japanese Americans, racism and renewal / by Hamanaka, Sheila.(CARDINAL)350771;
Text and photographed details of a mural depict the history of the Japanese people in America.1140LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Illustrated works.; Japanese Americans; Japanese Americans; Japanese Americans in art;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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We can't breathe : on black lives, white lies, and the art of survival / by Asim, Jabari,1962-author.(CARDINAL)773320;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-193).Getting it twisted -- The elements of strut -- Shooting negroes -- Color him father -- The seer and the seen : on reading and being -- Brick relics -- The thing itself -- Of love and struggle : the limits of respectability -- Selected bibliography."Asim disrupts what Toni Morrison [calls] the 'master narrative' and replaces it with a story of black survival and persistence through art and community in the face of centuries of racism. In eight ... essays, he explores such topics as the twisted legacy of jokes and falsehoods in black life; the importance of black fathers and community; the significance of black writers and stories; and the beauty and pain of the black body"--Front flap.
Subjects: African Americans; African Americans; Racism; Restorative justice; Racism.;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 6
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