Figuring history : Robert Colescott, Kerry James Marshall, Mickalene Thomas
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Contributors
Manchanda, Catharina, editor.
Sims, Lowery Stokes, writer of added commentary.
Francis, Jacqueline, writer of added commentary.
Colescott, Robert, 1925-2009. Paintings.
Marshall, Kerry James, 1955- Paintings.
Sims, Lowery Stokes, writer of added commentary.
Francis, Jacqueline, writer of added commentary.
Colescott, Robert, 1925-2009. Paintings.
Marshall, Kerry James, 1955- Paintings.
Published
New Haven : Published by the Seattle Art Museum, in association with Yale University Press, [2018].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
95 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 x 31 cm
Status
Main Library - Adult
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Published
New Haven : Published by the Seattle Art Museum, in association with Yale University Press, [2018].
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Catalog of the exhibition held at the Seattle Art Museum February 15-May 13, 2018.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Description
Contemporary artists Robert Colescott (1925-2009), Kerry James Marshall (b. 1955), and Mickalene Thomas (b. 1971) are distinguished by their attention to a history of representation, which they re-visit and revise to reflect on individual and collective Black experience. Equally engaged with social and political histories, and the history of art, Colescott, Marshall, and Thomas have created works that at times poignantly and satirically critique dominant narratives and posit alternatives. By considering these artists together, this thought-provoking book expands our understanding of contemporary history painting, a genre first defined during the 17th century and known for didactic paintings that often depicted Biblical or mythological subjects, and expressed the tastes and narratives of a ruling class. Colescott, Marshall, and Thomas marry appreciation of these traditional forms of representation to a deep understanding of contemporary American culture to create insightful works that disrupt historic narratives and read canonic art history against the grain.
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Subjects
LC Subjects
African American painting -- 20th century -- Exhibitions.
African American painting -- 21st century -- Exhibitions.
African Americans in art -- Exhibitions.
Colescott, Robert, -- 1925-2009 -- Exhibitions.
Exhibition catalogs.
History painting -- United States -- Exhibitions.
Marshall, Kerry James, -- 1955- -- Exhibitions.
Thomas, Mickalene, -- 1971- -- Exhibitions.
African American painting -- 21st century -- Exhibitions.
African Americans in art -- Exhibitions.
Colescott, Robert, -- 1925-2009 -- Exhibitions.
Exhibition catalogs.
History painting -- United States -- Exhibitions.
Marshall, Kerry James, -- 1955- -- Exhibitions.
Thomas, Mickalene, -- 1971- -- Exhibitions.