Beyond Mammy, Jezebel & Sapphire : reclaiming images of Black women /

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Imprint:[Portland, Oregon] : Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation, [2016]
©2016
Description:79 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 33 cm
Language:English
Subject:African American women in art -- Exhibitions.
African American women artists -- Exhibitions.
African American artists -- Exhibitions.
Feminism in art -- Exhibitions.
African American art -- Exhibitions.
African American women artists.
Blacks in art -- Exhibitions.
African American women in art.
Feminism in art.
Exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11538713
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Other authors / contributors:Lewis, Heidi R., author.
Mitchell, Roland (Roland W.), author.
Valentine, Megan, curator.
Hunter-Larsen, Jessica, curator.
Schnitzer, Jordan D., owner.
Amin, Takiyah Nur, author.
Boles, Velva, author.
Garcia, Claire Oberon, 1956-
Gumpper, Jean, author.
Leonard, Kate, author.
Patton, Venetria K., 1968-
Sibley, Sha'Condria, author.
Simmons, Karen Riley, author.
Taaffe, Claudine, author.
Bearden, Romare, 1911-1988, artist.
Colescott, Robert, 1925-2009, artist.
Gallagher, Ellen, 1965- artist.
Howard, Mildred, 1945- artist.
Wangechi Mutu, artist.
Saar, Alison, artist.
Simpson, Lorna, 1960- artist.
Thomas, Mickalene, 1971- artist.
Walker, Kara Elizabeth, artist.
Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation.
Alexandria Museum of Art (Alexandria, La.)
ISBN:9780692803172
0692803173
Notes:Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Alexandria Museum of Art, Louisiana from December 2, 2016 to February 18, 2017 and at I.D.E.A. Space at Colorado College, Colorado from March 27 to May 10, 2017.
Includes bibliographical references.
Catalog of exhibit at Alexandria Museum of Art, Louisiana from December 2, 2016 to February 18, 2017 and at I.D.E.A. Space at Colorado College, Colorado from March 27 to May 10, 2017.
Summary:"Engaging a wide range of experiences and artistic practices, the nine artists featured in this exhibition challenge the controlling images of Black women that continue to pervade our culture and influence perceptions. Their artworks jar loose expectations and replace simplistic narratives with nuanced, sophisticated meditations on contemporary identity. The essays in this publication similarly present a variety of perspectives on the artworks and the ideas they present. Contributions from a diverse group of accomplished scholars, activists, artists, and writers provide multiple viewpoints from which to consider the exhibition and the questions it presents. Together, the artists' works and the author's voices reveal the complexity of identity, the necessity for self-determination, and the power of art to stimulate dialogue." -- Publisher's description
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Engaging a wide range of experiences, techniques and materials, the nine artists featured in this volume challenge the images of black women that continue to pervade our culture and influence perceptions: stereotypes such as the suffering mama, the angry black woman and the temptress. Brought together in this publication, works by Romare Bearden, Mildred Howard, Wangechi Mutu, Lorna Simpson, Kara Walker, Robert Colescott, Ellen Gallagher, Alison Saar and Mickalene Thomas disrupt expectations and replace simplistic narratives with nuanced, sophisticated meditations on contemporary identity.

Item Description:Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Alexandria Museum of Art, Louisiana from December 2, 2016 to February 18, 2017 and at I.D.E.A. Space at Colorado College, Colorado from March 27 to May 10, 2017.
Physical Description:79 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 33 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780692803172
0692803173