Seattle Picks: Black Artists
Celebrate Black History Month by celebrating Black artists. (Created Jan. 2021)
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Among Others
This expansive collection of essays on nearly 200 works in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art is the first substantial exploration of MoMA's uneven historical relationship with black artists, black audiences and the broader subject of racial blackness. -- publisher's copy
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Augusta Savage
This is a timely, visual, exploration of the fascinating life and lasting legacy of sculptor Augusta Savage (1892-1962), who overcame poverty, racism, and sexual discrimination to become one of America's most influential twentieth-century artists. -- publisher's copy
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Basquiat's Defacement
Defacement (The Death of Michael Stewart) was in direct response to an event that rocked the New York City art community. In 1983, 25-year-old artist Michael Stewart died from injuries sustained while in police custody after being arrested. This volume, published alongside the Basquiat exhibition Defacement, curated by activist and writer LaBouvier, explores the context in which this work was created. -- Library Journal
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Black Built
This book explores over forty works by Black architects and their impact in the Black community. A wide variety of projects are featured, from residences of affluent African Americans, to historic churches, to memorials and museums of Black culture and history. -- publisher's copy
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Black Comix Returns
In 2010, Eisner Award--winning creators Jennings and Duffy published a meaty collection of art and essays spotlighting African American comics and creators. This sumptuous sequel introduces new perspectives as well as refreshes the record of those profiled earlier to showcase nearly 90 artists, a half-dozen background essays, and a directory of black comics conventions. -- Library Journal
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Black Futures
Edited by writer Drew and journalist Wortham, this collection brings together wide-ranging, often experimental writing and art responding to the question: "What does it mean to be Black and alive right now?" -- Library Journal
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Black Imagination
An amalgamation of black thought, poetry, rituals, inspiration, hope, and yes, imaginings of what healing might look like amid an inequitable existence. -- The Root
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Black Opera
André, Seattle Opera’s inaugural scholar in residence, "reveals how black opera unearths suppressed truths. These truths provoke complex, if uncomfortable, reconsideration of racial, gender, sexual, and other oppressive ideologies." -- publisher's copy
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The Butterfly Effect
A cultural portrait of the Pulitzer Prize-winning rap superstar documents his coming-of-age as an artist, his genius as a lyricist, and his profound impact on today's racially fraught America. -- publisher's copy
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Carrie Mae Weems
The first publication dedicated solely to this early and important body of work by the American artist Carrie Mae Weems. -- publisher's copy
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