AFRICOBRA

Experimental Art Toward a School of Thought

Wadsworth A. Jarrell (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

277 Seiten

2020
Duke University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4780-0042-6 (ISBN)

Titel z.Zt. nicht lieferbar
Versandkostenfrei
Auch auf Rechnung

Artikel merken

Formed on the South Side of Chicago in 1968 at the height of the civil rights, Black power, and Black arts movements, the AFRICOBRA collective created a new artistic visual language rooted in the culture of Chicago's Black neighborhoods. The collective's aesthetics, especially the use of vibrant color, capture the rhythmic dynamism of Black culture and social life. In AFRICOBRA, painter, photographer, and collective cofounder Wadsworth A. Jarrell tells the definitive story of the group's creation, history, and artistic and political principles. From accounts of the painting of the groundbreaking Wall of Respect mural and conversations among group members to documentation of AFRICOBRA's exhibits in Chicago, New York, and Boston, Jarrell outlines how the collective challenged white conceptions of art by developing an artistic philosophy and approach wholly divested of Western practices. Featuring nearly one hundred color images of artworks, exhibition ephemera, and photographs, this book is at once a sourcebook history of AFRICOBRA and the story of visionary artists who rejected the white art establishment in order to create uplifting art for all Black people.

Wadsworth A. Jarrell is a cofounder of AFRICOBRA and a visual artist who has taught art at Howard University, the University of Georgia, and Spelman College.

Illustrations x
Black Art and the Black Aesthetic xv
AFRICOBRA: Principles and Philosophy xvii
Foreword / Richard Allen May III xxi
Acknowledgments xxv
Introduction 1
Black in Chicago 19
Genesis 41
The Wall of Respect 49
The Inception 75
A Visual Art Proposal 91
First Cobra Exhibition 109
Recruitment 119
AFRICOBRA I 129
AFRICOBRA II 171
AFRICOBRA III 209
Postscript / Edmund Barry Gaither 241
Exhibitions 247
Reviews and Media Interviews 249
AFRICOBRA in Art Collections 251
AFRICOBRA in Books 253
Notes 255
Artist Biographies 263
Index 271

Erscheinungsdatum	11.05.2020
Reihe/Serie	Art History Publication Initiative
Zusatzinfo	89 color illustrations
Verlagsort	North Carolina
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Gewicht	975 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-4780-0042-2 / 1478000422
ISBN-13	978-1-4780-0042-6 / 9781478000426
Zustand	Neuware