Research Catalog

Title

Terry Adkins : recital.

Author

Adkins, Terry, 1953-2014

Publication

• Saratoga Springs, New York : Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College ; Munich, Germany ; London, England ; New York, New York : DelMonico Books/Prestel ; 2017.
• ©2017.

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Additional Authors

• Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, host institution, publisher, issuing body.
• Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, host institution.
• Prestel Verlag, publisher.

Description

299 pages : color illustrations, portraits; 30 cm

Summary

Recital' was conceived as a theatrical score that punctuates and demarcates space, creating interplay among pieces in different media and from diverse bodies of work. The works of art in 'Recital' pay homage to the legacies of a number of immortal and enigmatic figures such as Bessie Smith, W.E.B. Du Bois, John Brown, Matthew Henson, and John Coltrane, among others. Adkins's creative research not only intends to resuscitate his chosen subjects from historical erasure, but also to shed light on willfully neglected or lesser-known aspects of their biographies, such as Jimi Hendrix's military training as a paratrooper in the 101st Airborne, or the question of Beethoven's Moorish ancestry. In his sculpture, photography, and video, Adkins transforms and re-purposes a range of found materials, archival imagery, and reclaimed actions in a process that he calls potential disclosure. This book features detailed biographical information, an interview with the artist, and a selection of Adkins's writings.

Alternative Title

Recital

Subjects

• African Americans
• African American artists
• Sound sculpture
• Adkins, Terry, 1953-2014
• Exhibition catalogs
• 1900-1999
• United States
• African American artists > 20th century > Exhibitions
• Adkins, Terry, 1953-2014 > Exhibitions
• African Americans > Music > Influence > Exhibitions
• Photobooks
• Sound sculpture > United States > Exhibitions

Genre/Form

• Exhibition catalogs.
• Photobooks.

Note

• "Recital comprises a selection of work spanning the last three decades by artist/musician Terry Adkins. . . . The works of art in Recital pay homage to the legacies of a number of immortal and enigmatic figures such as Bessie Smith, W. E. B. Du Bois, John Brown, Matthew Henson and John Coltrane, among others."--Tang Museum and Art Gallery website (viewed on September 6, 2017)
• Catalog of an exhibition held at the Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, July 14-December 2, 2012, and at the Mary & Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, January 11-March 24, 2013.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 290-293) and discography (page 293).

Language (note)

• Text in English.

Contents

Introduction / Ian Berry -- Notes on the precious few A. D. / Terry Adkins -- Magus and Adnachiel / Lauren Haynes -- Wanting more: A dialogue with Terry Adkins / Ian Berry -- Smoke stack / Adrienne Edwards -- The sound of Terry Adkins / George E. Lewis -- Last trumpet / Akili Tommasino -- Chanting bees and other translations: the video projects of Terry Adkins / Charles Gaines -- A path, as long as the ear can hear / Anthony Elms -- A certain kind of luminescence: the recitals of Terry Adkins / Okwui Enwezor -- Catalogue of the exhibition -- Archive / compiled by Hillary Reder -- Concentrated Passion of the Circle and the Square / Michael Brenson -- Terry Adkins at LedisFlam / Nancy Princenthal -- Interview with Terry Adkins / Deirdre L. Bibby -- Living space / Terry Adkins -- Terry Adkins: Later Coltrane / Nancy Princenthal -- A short note on content and intent: Terry Adkins and John Brown After Flame / Carl Hazlewood -- Might could be / Annette Dimeo Carlozzi -- Imagined history: The work of Terry Adkins / Cheryl Finley -- Thunderbolt Special: The Great Electric Show and Dance (after Sam Lightnin' Hopkins): Project Row Houses / Valerie Cassel Oliver -- Terry Adkins / Cathryn Drake -- Seeing Voices: Terry Adkins's Darkwater Record / Kenneth W. Warren -- Terry Adkins / Casey Ruble -- Exhibition history.

Call Number

Sc G 18-21

ISBN

• 9783791352756
• 379135275X

OCLC

1003134194

Author

Adkins, Terry, 1953-2014, artist.

Title

Terry Adkins : recital.

Publisher

Saratoga Springs, New York : Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College ; Munich, Germany ; London, England ; New York, New York : DelMonico Books/Prestel ; 2017.

Copyright Date

©2017.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 290-293) and discography (page 293).

Event

"Terry Adkins Recital" : July 14-December 2, 2012, The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York, United States.

"Terry Adkins Recital" : January 11-March 24, 2013, Mary & Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States.

Language

Text in English.

Chronological Term

1900-1999

Place of Publication

United States New York Saratoga Springs.

Germany Bavaria Munich.

United Kingdom England London.

United States New York New York.

Added Author

Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, host institution, publisher, issuing body.

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, host institution.

Prestel Verlag, publisher.

Research Call Number

Sc G 18-21

JNF 18-93