
Now Dig This!
Art & Black Los Angeles, 1960-1980
Kellie Jones(Author)
Prestel (Publisher)
Published on 1. August 2011
Book
Hardback
352 pages
978-3-7913-5136-0 (ISBN)
Description
This comprehensive, lavishly illustrated catalogue offers the first in-depth survey of the incredibly vital but often overlooked legacy of Los Angeles's African American artists, featuring many never-before-seen works, some of which were previously considered lost. Now Dig This! will feature artists including Melvin Edwards, Fred Eversley, David Hammons, Maren Hassinger, Senga Nengudi, John Outterbridge, Alonzo Davis, Dale Brockman Davis, Noah Purifoy, Betye Saar, and Charles White, connecting their work to larger movements, trends, and ideas that fuelled the arts during this important era of creative, cultural, and political ferment. The publication also explores the significant network of friendships and collaborations made across racial lines, while underscoring the influence that African American artists had on the era's larger movements and trends. Now Dig This! Art and Black Los Angeles, 1960-1980 is part of Pacific Standard Time, an initiative of the Getty.
Reviews / Votes
..". a fascinating and comprehensive text about the often-overlooked legacy of L.A.'s African American artists. The book contains some wonderful regional art history, as well as great reproductions of art by Betye Saar, Melvin Edwards, John Outterbridge, Charles White and others. The artist biographies are excellent."-Richard Chang, The Orange County Register, 12/9/11
"The companion book to a grounbreaking exhibition documenting the pioneering work of a group of black artists..."
-Los Angeles Times, 12/4/11
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Munich
Germany
Illustrations
285 Illustrations, color
Dimensions
Height: 270 mm
Width: 230 mm
ISBN-13
978-3-7913-5136-0 (9783791351360)
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Persons
KELLIE JONES teaches art history at Columbia University in New York City. She has worked as a curator for more than two decades and has organized several exhibitions for museums and galleries around the United States.