The Art of History African American Women Artists Engage the Past |
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| Author:
| Collins, Lisa Gail |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8135-3022-2 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2002 |
| Publisher: | Rutgers University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $61.00 |
Book Description:
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In this lively and engaging book, Lisa Gail Collins examines the work of contemporary African American women artists. Her study comes at a time when an unprecedented number of these artists--photographers, filmmakers, painters, installation and mixed-media artists--have garnered the attention and imagination of the art-viewing public. To better understand the significance of this particular historical moment in American visual arts, Collins focuses on four problems that...
More Description In this lively and engaging book, Lisa Gail Collins examines the work of contemporary African American women artists. Her study comes at a time when an unprecedented number of these artists--photographers, filmmakers, painters, installation and mixed-media artists--have garnered the attention and imagination of the art-viewing public. To better understand the significance of this particular historical moment in American visual arts, Collins focuses on four problems that recur when these artists confront their histories: the documentation of truth; the status of the black female body; the relationship between art and cultural contact and change; and the relationship between art and black girlhood.