03540cam a2200469 4500 759288890 TxAuBib 20171206120000.0 170616s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2017029169 9781942884170 hbk. $39.95 1942884176 hbk. $39.95 40027531676 (OCoLC)972385518 DLC eng rda DLC BTCTA OCLCO OCLCF CAM LND YDX VA@ UKWOH STF MNU OCLCQ YDX NYP OCLCA NYP OCL MUU IXA CNNGC YUS TxGR TxAuBib Soul of a nation [Book] : art in the age of Black power / edited by Mark Godfrey and Zoé Whitley ; with contributions by Susan E. Cahan, David C. Driskell, Edmund Barry Gaither, Linda Goode Bryant, Jae and Wadsworth Jarrell, Samella Lewis. London : Tate Publishing, 2017. 256 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm. Published on the occasion of an exhibition of the same name held at Tate Modern, London, July 12-October 22, 2017; Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, February 3-April 23, 2018; and Brooklyn Museum, New York, September 7, 2018-February 3, 2019. Includes bibliographical references. In the period of radical change that was 1963-1983, young black artists at the beginning of their careers in the USA confronted key questions and pressures. How could they make art that would stand as innovative, original, formally and materially complex, while also making work that reflected their concerns and experience as black Americans? This significant new publication, accompanying an exhibition at Tate Modern, surveys this crucial period in American art history, bringing to light previously neglected histories of twentieth-century black artists, including Sam Gilliam, Melvin Edwards, Jack Whitten, William T. Williams and Frank Bowling. This book features substantial essays from co-curators Mark Godfrey and Zoe Whitley, writing on abstraction and figuration respectively. It will also explore the art historical and social contexts with subjects including black feminism; AfriCOBRA and other artist-run groups; the role of museums in the debates of the period; and where visual art sat in relation to the Black Arts Movement. 20171206. African American art 20th century Exhibitions. African American artists History 20th century Exhibitions. Art and society United States History 20th century Exhibitions. Black power United States History 20th century Exhibitions. Black Arts movement United States Exhibitions. Photography, Artistic 20th century Exhibitions. Godfrey, Mark, editor, (Mark Benjamin.) Whitley, Zoé, editor. Cahan, Susan, contributor. Driskell, David C, contributor. Gaither, Edmund B, contributor. Goode-Bryant, Linda, contributor. Jarrell, Jae, 1935-, contributor. Jarrell, Wadsworth, 1929-, contributor. Lewis, Samella S, contributor. Tate Modern (Gallery), host institution. Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, host institution. Brooklyn Museum, host institution. RV8