The pioneering work of a group of black artists is documented in this companion volume to a groundbreaking exhibition. 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, ...
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The pioneering work of a group of black artists is documented in this companion volume to a groundbreaking exhibition. 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 fueled 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.
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New. Hardback with dust jacket. Dust jacket is in good condition. Cover edges and corners in good shape. Spine is tight. Pages are clean, no markings, notes or stains. Ships from Friends bookstore to benefit Beaverton (Oregon) library.
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VG/VG: Exlibrary book. Stamp on front free end page. Due date card and stamp on back pasted end page. Black casebound book. There is a dust jacket with the title in white down a gray spine. Pages: (7), 8-351, (1). Profusely illustrated with both color and black-and-white images. Contents are as follows: Foreword / Ann Philbin--Acknowledgments / Kellie Jones--Now dig this! : an introduction / Kellie Jones--The art of creative survival / Daniel Widener--Defending Black imagination: the "L.A. Rebellion" school of Black filmmakers / Jacqueline Stewart--Black art in L.A. : photographs by Robert A. Nakamura / Karin Higa--Find the cave, hold the torch: making art shows since Walter Popps / Franklin Sirmans--Los Angeles snapshots / Roberto Tejada--Rebellion and its aftermath: assemblage and film in L.A. and London / Naima J. Keith--Figuring the future in Los(t) Angeles / Hazel V. Carby--Frontrunners: Melvin Edwards; William Pajaud; Betye Saar; Charles White; Friends: Mark di Suvero, Ron Miyashiro, Tyrus Wong--Assembling: Daniel LaRue Johnson; John Outterbridge; Noah Purifoy; John T. Riddle Jr.; Betye Saar; Friends: Sheila Levrant de Bretteville, Virginia Jaramillo, Gordon Wagner, Andrew Zermeņo/Mechicano Art Center--Artists/gallerists: Alonzo Davis; Dale Brockman Davis; Suzanne Jackson; Samella Lewis; Friends: Sister Karen Boccalero/Self Help Graphics, Marie Johnson Calloway, Elizabeth Leigh-Taylor--Post/minimalism and performance: Fred Eversley; David Hammons; Maren Hassinger; Ulysses Jenkins; Senga Nengudi; Friends: John Altoon, Houston Conwill, Charles Gaines, Joe Overstreet, Raymond Saunders--Epilogue: A suitcase: George Clack; Dan Concholar; Ruth G. Waddy--Selected chronology, 1960-80 / Jennifer Vanore.
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Near Fine in a Very Good++ dust jacket; Hardcover; Dust jacket is clean and glossy with no tears, and has not been price-clipped (Now fitted with a new, Brodart jacket protector); Unmarked boards with "sharp" edge-corners; Unblemished textblock edges; The endpapers and all text pages are clean and unmarked; The binding is excellent with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Medium-Large Format (Quatro, 9.75"-10.75" tall); 3.9 lbs; Black and white art illustration to the dust jacket with title in white lettering; 2011, Prestel Publishing; 352 pages; "Now Dig This! : Art and Black Los Angeles, 1960-1980, " by Kellie Jones.
Add this copy of Now Dig This! : Art and Black Los Angeles, 1960-1980 to cart. $354.50, very good condition, Sold by Salish Sea Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Bellingham, WA, UNITED STATES, published 2011 by Prestel Publishing.
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Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket; Hardcover; Dust jacket is clean and glossy with no tears, and has not been price-clipped (Now fitted with a new, Brodart jacket protector); Light wear to the boards with "straight" edge-corners; The textblock edges are unblemished; The endpapers and all text pages are clean and unmarked; The binding is excellent with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Large Format (Quatro, 10.75"-11.75" tall); Black and white art illustration to the dust jacket with title in white lettering; 2011, Prestel Publishing; 352 pages; "Now Dig This! : Art and Black Los Angeles, 1960-1980, " by Kellie Jones.
