
Souls Grown Deep like the Rivers
Black Artists from the American South
Royal Academy of Arts (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 21. February 2023
Book
Hardback
144 pages
978-1-912520-95-4 (ISBN)
Description
For generations, Black artists from the American South have forged a unique art tradition. Working in near isolation from established practices, they have created masterpieces in clay, driftwood, roots, soil, and recycled and cast-off objects that articulate America's painful past - the inhuman practice of enslavement, the cruel segregationist policies of the Jim Crow era, and institutionalised racism. Their works date from the early twentieth century to today and respond to issues ranging from economic inequality, oppression and social marginalisation, to sexuality, the influence of place, and ancestral memory. Among the sculptures, paintings, reliefs and drawings included here are works by Hawkins Bolden, Thornton Dial, Sam Doyle, Bessie Harvey, Lonnie Holley, Ronald Lockett, Joe Minter, Nellie Mae Rowe, Mary T. Smith, Henry and Georgia Speller, Mose Tolliver, Charles Williams and Purvis Young. Also featured are the celebrated quiltmakers of Gee's Bend, Alabama, among them Mary Lee Bendolph, Marlene Bennett Jones, Loretta Pettway and Martha Jane Pettway.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Illustrations
125 Illustrations, color
Dimensions
Height: 260 mm
Width: 190 mm
Weight
728 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-912520-95-4 (9781912520954)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
8
President's Foreword
Rebecca Salter PRA
11
Preface
Maxwell L. Anderson
12
Stories of Reclamation
Raina Lampkins-Fielder
32
Catalogue plates
120
Biographies of the Artists
Rebecca Bray | Emma Yau
136
Endnotes
137
Further Reading
139
Photographic Acknowledgements
140
Index
President's Foreword
Rebecca Salter PRA
11
Preface
Maxwell L. Anderson
12
Stories of Reclamation
Raina Lampkins-Fielder
32
Catalogue plates
120
Biographies of the Artists
Rebecca Bray | Emma Yau
136
Endnotes
137
Further Reading
139
Photographic Acknowledgements
140
Index