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Art for People's Sake: Artists and Community in Black Chicago, 1965-1975
Contributor(s): Zorach, Rebecca (Author)

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 ISBN: 1478001003     ISBN-13: 9781478001003
Publisher: Duke University Press
OUR PRICE: $109.20  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: March 2019
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BISAC Categories:
- Art | American - African American
- Art | History - Contemporary (1945- )
- History | United States - State & Local - Midwest(ia,il,in,ks,mi,mn,mo,nd,ne,oh,sd,wi
Dewey: 700.899
LCCN: 2018035542
Physical Information: 1" H x 6.1" W x 9.2" L (1.85 lbs) 416 pages
Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - African American
- Cultural Region - Midwest
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
Review Citations: Choice 09/01/2019
 
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Publisher Description:
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.
 
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