Art for People's Sake

Artists and Community in Black Chicago, 1965-1975

Rebecca Zorach (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

416 Seiten

2019
Duke University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4780-0140-9 (ISBN)

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In the 1960s and early 1970s, Chicago witnessed a remarkable flourishing of visual arts associated with the Black Arts Movement. From the painting of murals as a way to reclaim public space and the establishment of independent community art centers to the work of the AFRICOBRA collective and Black filmmakers, artists on Chicago's South and West Sides built a vision of art as service to the people. In Art for People's Sake Rebecca Zorach traces the little-told story of the visual arts of the Black Arts Movement in Chicago, showing how artistic innovations responded to decades of racist urban planning that left Black neighborhoods sites of economic depression, infrastructural decay, and violence. Working with community leaders, children, activists, gang members, and everyday people, artists developed a way of using art to help empower and represent themselves. Showcasing the depth and sophistication of the visual arts in Chicago at this time, Zorach demonstrates the crucial role of aesthetics and artistic practice in the mobilization of Black radical politics during the Black Power era.

Rebecca Zorach is Mary Jane Crowe Professor of Art and Art History at Northwestern University and the author and editor of several books, including The Wall of Respect: Public Art and Black Liberation in 1960s Chicago.

Illustrations vii
Acknowledgments xvii
Introduction: The Black Arts Movement in Chicago 1
1. Claiming Space, Being in Public 30
2. Cultural Nationalism and Community Culture 85
3. An Experimental Friendship 124
4. The Black Family 179
5. Until the Walls Come Down 215
6. Starring the Black Community 257
Notes 299
Bibliography 349
Index 375

Erscheinungsdatum	27.03.2019
Zusatzinfo	125 illustrations, incl. 124 in color
Verlagsort	North Carolina
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	771 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10	1-4780-0140-2 / 1478001402
ISBN-13	978-1-4780-0140-9 / 9781478001409
Zustand	Neuware