Collecting Black Studies: The Art of Material Culture at the University of Texas at Austin Contributor(s): Ragbir, Lise (Editor), Smith, Cherise (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1477320059 ISBN-13: 9781477320051 Publisher: Art Galleries at Black Studies Ut-Austin
Binding Type: Hardcover Published: April 2020 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Art | American - African American |
Dewey: 700.899 |
LCCN: 2019049768 |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 8.3" W x 10.6" L (2.70 lbs) 248 pages |
Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
Features: Illustrated, Index |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: What began as an effort to prevent the neglect and potential loss of hundreds of African objects at the University of Texas at Austin has evolved into one of the most significant collections on campus. The art collections at Black Studies were born from the John L. Warfield Center for African and African American Studies' Art and Archive Initiative, under the leadership of Cherise Smith, Omi L. Jones, and Edmund T. Gordon. Today Black Studies at the University of Texas boasts approximately 900 objects from sub-Saharan Africa, over 200 contemporary works from African American and Afro-Caribbean artists, and more than 100 pieces jointly held with other collecting entities on campus, adding a diverse richness to the overall collections. Collecting Black Studies gathers and presents these holdings--including costumes, jewelry, paintings, sculptures, works on paper, and photography--and prominently features five Black artists whose work is particularly significant. Scholars and curators examine how John Biggers, Michael Ray Charles, Christina Coleman, Angelbert Metoyer, and Deborah Roberts--artists with deep relationships to Texas--contributed to the Black Studies collections, to art history, and to the culture of our state and beyond. |
Contributor Bio(s): Ragbir, Lise: - Lise Ragbir is a writer, curator, and the Director of the Art Galleries at Black Studies at the University of Texas at Austin and has published widely on race, identity, immigration, and cultural representation.Smith, Cherise: - A curator and art historian, Cherise Smith is the Founding Executive Director of the Art Galleries at Black Studies, Chair of the African and African Diaspora Studies Department, and a professor in the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Texas at Austin. She is the author of Enacting Others: Politics of Identity in Eleanor Antin, Nikki S. Lee, Adrian Piper, and Anna Deavere Smith. |
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