Colored Pictures
Race and Visual Representation
Published on 27. February 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
304 pages
978-0-8078-5696-3 (ISBN)
Description
In ""Colored Pictures"", artist and art historian Michael D. Harris traces black artists' responses to racist imagery across two centuries, from early works by Henry O. Tanner and Archibald J. Motley Jr., in which African Americans are depicted with dignity, to contemporary works by Kara Walker and Michael Ray Charles, in which derogatory images are recycled to controversial effect. The work of these and other artists reflects a wide range of perspectives. Examined together, they offer compelling insight into the profound psychological impact of visual stereotypes on the African American community.
Reviews / Votes
"A lucid and thought-provoking investigation of the role of racial stereotypes in American art." - Black Issues Book Review "The quality of thought and writing make his analysis relevant to everyone connected to how slavery has inflected, and currently affects, Western visual art." - Print"More details
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Chapel Hill
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-8078-5696-3 (9780807856963)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
Book
03/2003
The University of North Carolina Press
€55.95
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Person
MICHAEL D. HARRIS is associate professor of African and African American art history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. An artist and curator, he is a longtime member of the Chicago-based artists' collective AfriCobra.