Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Varying Form of Title: | African Commune of Bad Relevant Artists
AFri-CoBRA
Messages to the people
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| Other uniform titles: | Collateral event's title: AFRICOBRA, Nation Time.
Collateral event's title: AFRICOBRA, Nation Time.
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| Other authors / contributors: | Hayes, Jeffreen M., curator, contributor.
Guy, Leslie, contributor.
AFRICOBRA (Group of artists), issuing body, organizer.
Museum of Contemporary Art (North Miami, Fla.), host institution.
Biennale di Venezia (58th : 2019 : Venice, Italy), organizer.
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| ISBN: | 9781941366301
1941366309
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| Notes: | "Published ... in conjunction with the related exhibitions ... AFRICOBRA: Messages to the People, presented at the Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, November 27, 2018-March 24, 2019; and AFRICOBRA: Nation Time, presented as an official Collateral Event of the 58th Venice Biennale, May 11-November 4, 2019"--Colophon.
Includes an essay by Leslie Guy.
Includes work by artists: Sherman Beck, Jeff Donaldson, Jae Jarrell, Wadsworth Jarrell, Napoleon Jones-Henderson, Barbara Jones-Hogu, Omar Lama, Carolyn Mims Lawrence, Nelson Stevens, and Gerald Williams.
Includes bibliographical references.
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| Summary: | AfriCOBRA (African Commune of Bad Relevant Artists) was founded on the South Side of Chicago in 1968 by a collective of young Black artists, whose interest in Transnational Black Aesthetics led them to create one of the most distinctive visual voices in 20th-century American art. The key characteristics of what we now consider the classic AFRICOBRA look -- vibrant, 'cool-ade' colors, bold text, shine and positive images of Black people -- were essential to everyday life in the community from which this movement emerged. It is a movement with roots in the soil, streets, classrooms, studios and living rooms of the South Side of Chicago, yet its influence has extended around the world. This survey represents the first major appraisal of AFRICOBRA's work in Europe and builds on the exhibition AFRICOBRA: Messages to the People, which premiered at MOCA North Miami during Art Basel Miami 2018.
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