Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Powell, Richard J., 1953-
2. Mecklenburg, Virginia M. (Virginia McCord), 1946-

Description

1. 255 pages ; illustrations (chiefly color); 32 cm

Summary

1. "A beautifully illustrated survey of African American art of the twentieth century, including many never-before-seen works by the most important artists of the period. African American Art presents a powerful selection of paintings, sculpture, prints, and photographs by forty-three black artists who explored the African American experience of the twentieth century. Embracing many universal themes and also evoking specific aspects of the African American experience such as the African diaspora, jazz, and the power of religion, the artists worked in styles as varied as documentary realism, abstraction, and postmodern assemblage of found objects. Drawn entirely from the Smithsonian American Art Museum's rich collection of African American art, the works include paintings by Benny Andrews, Jacob Lawrence, Thornton Dial Sr., Romare Bearden, Alma Thomas, and Lois Mailou Jones, and photographs by Roy DeCarava, Gordon Parks, Roland Freeman, Marilyn Nance, and James Van Der Zee. More than half of the artworks in the exhibition are being shown for the first time. In Richard Powell's text, his usual keen insights into meaning and metaphor enrich the reader's understanding of the artworks in their historical setting and contemporary culture."--Publisher's website.

Subject

1. Smithsonian American Art Museum -- Exhibitions
2. African American art -- 20th century -- Exhibitions
3. Art -- Washington (D.C.) -- Exhibitions

Contents

1. Herein lie buried many things : screens, entryways, and cabinets in twentieth-century Black visual discourse / Richard J. Powell -- Commentaries on the artworks / Virginia Mecklenburg with Maricia Battle and Mary J. Cleary.

Call number

1. JQG 16-31

Note

1. Published in conjunction with the related exhibition, on view at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC, April 27, 2012 through September 3, 2012.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Author

1. Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Title

1. African American art : Harlem Renaissance, civil rights era, and beyond / by Richard J. Powell and Virginia M. Mecklenburg ; with contributions by Marcia Battle.

Imprint

1. Washington, DC : Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2012.

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added author

1. Powell, Richard J., 1953-
2. Mecklenburg, Virginia M. (Virginia McCord), 1946-

LCCN

1. 2012008387

ISBN

1. 9780847838905 (cloth cover : alk. paper)
2. 0847838900 (cloth cover : alk. paper)
3. 9780937311998 (soft cover : alk. paper)
4. 0937311995 (soft cover : alk. paper)

Research call number

1. JQG 16-31
2. Sc+ G 13-25