Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 700
EAN: 9780810968165
ISBN: 0810968169
Label: Whitney Museum of Art
Manufacturer: Whitney Museum of Art
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 224
Publication Date: 1995-03
Publisher: Whitney Museum of Art
Sales Rank: 1520787
Studio: Whitney Museum of Art
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Rating: - Intelligent and illuminating
This book was published to accompany the exhibition Black Male Representations of Masculinity in Contemporary American Art 1994. It comprises a collection of thirteen essays by different writers, a Bibliography, lists of Works in the Exhibition and Film and Video Programs, and Notes on the Contributors. There is also a section of Plates.
The book covers all aspects of the visual arts, painting, film and photography and three dimensional art; the essays discuss a wide range of subjects ... Read More
Rating: - Brilliant book on art and the black man!
This collection of essays may have come from a particular exhibit or conference. It is a book that discusses black men's status as objects of art. Don't sleep! The art world is racist. Coco Fusco and bell hooks have effectively documented this. So this anthology is a very needed intervention. Articles cover topics such as gay black men in movies, the visual representation of gangsta rap, Mapplethorpe, etc. The contributors analyze numerous art mediums, not just painting or film. What I love ... Read More
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