Imagining Black Diasporas: 21st Century Art and Poetics
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Author: Lawson, Dhyandra
This book was born out of frustration with art histories that emphasise Black artists’ resilience over the aesthetic impact of their work. Through four themes, the book illuminates aesthetic connections among established and emerging US–based artists in dialogue with artists working in Africa, the Caribbean, South America and Europe. Artists include: Mark Bradford, Lorna Simpson, Calida Rawles, El Anatsui, Josué Azor, Isaac Julien, Frida Orupabo, Theaster Gates, and more.The experiences of oppression Black people endure are inconceivable, yet this focus on resilience often overwhelms critical attention to Black artists’ ideas, innovations or use of materials. 'Imagining Black Diasporas' defines “diaspora’’ more broadly, understanding it as a dynamic term that evolves with Black experience.
ISBN 9781636810898. DelMonico Books/Los Angeles County Museum of Art. hb. 120 pages. 80 colour ills. 29.2 x 22.9 cm.
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This book was born out of frustration with art histories that emphasise Black artists’ resilience over the aesthetic impact of their work. Through four themes, the book illuminates aesthetic connections among established and emerging US–based artists in dialogue with artists working in Africa, the Caribbean, South America and Europe. Artists include: Mark Bradford, Lorna Simpson, Calida Rawles, El Anatsui, Josué Azor, Isaac Julien, Frida Orupabo, Theaster Gates, and more.The experiences of oppression Black people endure are inconceivable, yet this focus on resilience often overwhelms critical attention to Black artists’ ideas, innovations or use of materials. 'Imagining Black Diasporas' defines “diaspora’’ more broadly, understanding it as a dynamic term that evolves with Black experience.
ISBN 9781636810898. DelMonico Books/Los Angeles County Museum of Art. hb. 120 pages. 80 colour ills. 29.2 x 22.9 cm.
available