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Details

Additional authors

1. Stewart, Jeffrey C., 1950-
2. National Gallery of Art (U.S.)

Description

1. xi, 356 pages : illustrations (some color), map; 29 cm.

Summary

1. "In a twentieth century during which modern art largely abandoned beauty as its imperative, a group of Black artists from Washington, DC, made beauty the center of their art making. This book highlights these influential artists, including David C. Driskell, Sam Gilliam, Lois Mailou Jones, and Alma Thomas, in the context of what Jeffrey C. Stewart describes as the Washington Black Renaissance. Vibrant histories of key District institutions and the city's communities of educators, critics, and collectors animate a nuanced consideration of the evolution of an aesthetic dialectic from the 1920s up to the present day. The fifteen essays in the volume are grounded by voices from a live artist panel at the National Gallery of Art in 2017, which included Lilian Thomas Burwell, Floyd Coleman, David C. Driskell, Sam Gilliam, Keith Morrison, Martin Puryear, Sylvia Snowden, and Lou Stovall"--back cover.

Series statement

1. Studies in the history of art ; 83, 0091-7338
2. Symposium papers / Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts ; 60

Uniform title

1. Studies in the history of art (Washington, D.C.) ; 83.
2. Studies in the history of art (Washington, D.C.). Symposium papers ; 60.

Subject

1. African American art -- Washington (D.C.) -- 20th century -- Congresses.
2. African American artists -- Washington (D.C.) -- 20th century -- Congresses.
3. Art museums -- Washington (D.C.) -- 20th century -- Congresses.
4. Aesthetics.
5. Washington (D.C.) -- 20th century -- Congresses.
6. Howard University. Gallery of Art -- History -- Congresses.
7. Phillips Collection -- History -- Congresses.
8. Museum of African Art (U.S.) -- History -- Congresses.
9. Evans-Tibbs Collection -- History -- Congresses.
10. Locke, Alain, 1885-1954.
11. Phillips, Duncan, 1886-1966 -- Art collections -- Congresses.
12. Jones, Lois Mailou.
13. Porter, James A. (James Amos), 1905-1970.
14. Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974. Black and tan fantasy.
15. Gilliam, Sam, Jr., 1933-2022.
16. Thomas, Alma.
17. Scurlock, Addison N., 1883-1964.
18. Love, Ed.
19. Donaldson, Jeff, 1932-2004.

Genre/Form

1. Conference papers and proceedings.
2. History.

Contents

1. Artists speak. Artist panel: The African American art world in twentieth-century Washington, DC / Lilian Thomas Birdwell [and seven others], moderated by Ruth Fine -- Institutionalizing Modernism. Visualizing a legacy, curating a vision: the history of the Howard University Gallery of Art / Gwendolyn H. Everett -- Adaptable legacies: Alain Locke's African art collection at Howard University / Tobias Wofford -- "Art Means Integration": Duncan Phillips's galvanizing vision for The Phillips Collection / Elsa Smithgall -- From theory to practice: Lois Mailou Jones's and James Porter's American modernisms / John A. Tyson -- The Museum of African Art and African American Art in 1960s Washington / Steven Nelson -- DC's Black-owned art galleries, 1960s to 1980s: prequel to a renaissance / Jacquelyn Serwer -- The Evan-Tibbs Collection: a legacy project / Jacqueline Francis -- The Art of Black Beauty. Transblucency: Duke Ellington's Black and Tan as celebration and refusal / Robert G. O'Meally -- Sam Gilliam: theater of life / Adrienne Edwards -- Alma Thomas's Washington, DC / Lauren Haynes -- Scurlock's Washington / Rhea L. Combs and Paul Gardullo -- Emancipation through art: the new Negro, the Hueman, and the social sculpture of Ed Love / Jeffrey C. Stewart -- Loving blackness: Jeff Donaldson in Washington / Michael D. Harris -- A chocolate city reconsidered / Richard J. Powell.

Call number

1. Sc+ F 23-224

Language

1. English

Note

1. "This volume includes proceedings of the symposium 'The African American Art World in Twentieth-Century Washington, DC,' organized by the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, National Gallery of Art, and sponsored by the Wyeth Foundation for American Art and the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations. The symposium was held March 16-17, 2017, in Washington."--Title page verso.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 324-345) and index.

Author

1. Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts (U.S.), issuing body.

Type of content

1. text
2. still image

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Chronological term

1. 1900-1999

LCCN

1. 2022948353

ISBN

1. 030026710X (hardcover)
2. 9780300267105 (hardcover)