African American Visual Arts From Slavery to the Present |
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| Author:
| Bernier, Celeste-Marie |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8078-3256-1 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2009 |
| Publisher: | University of North Carolina Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $77.95 |
Book Description:
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Bernier traces the major developments in African American visual culture from its beginnings in the ceramics and textiles of slave artisans to later contributions to the fine arts and abstract expressionism, sculpture, installation art, video art, and computer graphics. Bernier analyzes the work of twenty-one artists, including Elizabeth Catlett, Jacob Lawrence, William Edmondson, Howardena Pindell, Charles Alston, Romare Bearden, Norman Lewis, Betye Saar, Horace Pippin, and Kara...
More DescriptionBernier traces the major developments in African American visual culture from its beginnings in the ceramics and textiles of slave artisans to later contributions to the fine arts and abstract expressionism, sculpture, installation art, video art, and computer graphics. Bernier analyzes the work of twenty-one artists, including Elizabeth Catlett, Jacob Lawrence, William Edmondson, Howardena Pindell, Charles Alston, Romare Bearden, Norman Lewis, Betye Saar, Horace Pippin, and Kara Walker. She highlights key but frequently neglected and little-discussed black artists, situating their works within their specific historical and political contexts.