Represent : 200 years of African American art in the Philadelphia Museum of Art /

This publication highlights nearly 150 objects in the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art that were created by American artists of African descent. Introduced with an essay by the distinguished scholar Richard J. Powell, the volume includes paintings, sculpture, works on paper, decorative a...

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Main Author: Shaw, Gwendolyn DuBois, 1968- (Author)
Contributors: Powell, Richard J., 1953- (Curator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia, PA, USA : New Haven, CT, USA : Philadelphia Museum of Art ; in association with Yale University Press, [2014]
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Online Access:http://yalepress.yale.edu/book.asp?isbn=9780300208009
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Table of Contents:
  • Walking on water : embodiment, abstraction, and Black visuality / Richard J. Powell
  • Catalogue
  • The art of everyday life : essay / by Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw
  • Outside the door : essay / by Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw
  • Imagining modernity : essay / by Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw
  • The conceptual turn : essay / by Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw.