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NeoHooDoo : art for a forgotten faith

Title
NeoHooDoo : art for a forgotten faith / edited by Franklin Sirmans ; with contributions by Jen Budney [and others].
Publication
Houston, Tex. : The Menil Collection ; New Haven : Distributed by Yale University Press, ©2008.

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Additional Authors
  • Sirmans, Franklin
  • Budney, Jen
  • Menil Collection (Houston, Tex.)
  • P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center.
  • Miami Art Museum.
Description
143 pages : illustrations (some color); 27 cm
Summary
"NeoHooDoo, a phrase coined by the poet Ishmael Reed in the late 1960s, celebrates the practice of rituals, folklore, and spirituality in the Americas beyond the scope of Christianity and organized religion. This book examines the work of thirty-three artists, including Jimmie Durham, David Hammons, Jose Bedia, Rebecca Belmore, and James Lee Byars, who began using ritualistic practices during the 1970s and 1980s as a way of reinterpreting aspects of their cultural heritage. Younger artists such as Tania Bruguera and Michael Joo are shown to have drawn upon the iconography of ritual. The original essays, which discuss artistic use of ritual as a form of celebration, catharsis, or political critique, stand alongside contributions from NeoHooDoo's key sources of inspiration: Robert Farris Thompson, Ishmael Reed, and Quincy Troupe."--Jacket.
Subject
  • Art, American > 20th century > Exhibitions
  • Spirituality in art > Exhibitions
  • Ritual in art > Exhibitions
  • African American art > 20th century > Exhibitions
  • African American artists > Exhibitions
  • Art, American
  • Ritual in art
  • Spirituality in art
Genre/Form
Exhibition catalogs.
Note
  • "Published for the occasion of the exhibition "NeoHooDoo: art for a forgotten faith"; co-organized by The Menil Collection and P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, curated by Franklin Sirmans; The Menil Collection, Houston, June 27-September 21, 2008; P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, New York, October 19, 2008-January 26, 2009; Miami Art Museum, February 20-May 24, 2009"--Title page verso.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Recapturing spirit in contemporary art / Franklin Sirmans -- Spirit and the perception of art / Arthur C. Danto -- Hoodoo is what we do / Greg Tate -- Other ways of knowing / Jen Budney -- Ritual in performance / Julia P. Herzberg -- Communiqué from Afro-Atlantis / Robert Farris Thompson -- An interview with Ishmael Reed / Franklin Sirmans -- An art of lost faith / Quincy Troupe.
Call Number
JQF 08-2580
ISBN
  • 9780300134186
  • 0300134185
LCCN
2008920806
OCLC
226280586
Title
NeoHooDoo : art for a forgotten faith / edited by Franklin Sirmans ; with contributions by Jen Budney [and others].
Imprint
Houston, Tex. : The Menil Collection ; New Haven : Distributed by Yale University Press, ©2008.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Sirmans, Franklin
Budney, Jen
Menil Collection (Houston, Tex.)
P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center.
Miami Art Museum.
Research Call Number
Sc F 22-272
JQF 08-2580
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