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History refused to die : the enduring legacy of the African American art of Alabama
- Title
- History refused to die : the enduring legacy of the African American art of Alabama / project director, William Arnett ; editor, Laura Bickford ; [Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Alabama Contemporary Arts Center].
- Publication
- [Montgomery, Ala.] : [Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts] ; [Mobile, Ala.] : [Alabama Contemporary Arts Center], [2015]
- Canada : Printed by the Prolific Group, [2015]
- ©2015
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | Sc+ G 18-13 | Schomburg Center - Research & Reference |
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- Description
- 215 pages : color illustrations; 31 cm
- Subjects
- African Americans in art
- Slaves > In art
- Slavery in art
- African American artists > Alabama > Exhibitions
- Exhibition catalogs
- Art > Private collections > Alabama > Exhibitions
- Arnett, William S > Art collections > Exhibitions
- Installations (Art) > Alabama > Exhibitions
- African American art > Alabama > Exhibitions
- Genre/Form
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Note
- Published on the occasion of the two-part exhibition at the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts and Alabama Contemporary Arts Center, March--December 2015.
- "Unless otherwise noted in the photographic captions, all works of art ... are from the collection of William S. Arnett or the William S. Arnett Collection of the Souls Grown Deep Foundation"--Title page verso.
- Artists include: Gee's Bend Quiltmakers, Louisiana Bendolph, Arthur Dial, Richard Dial, Thornton Dial Jr., Thornton Dial Sr., Lonnie Holley, Ronald Lockett, Charlie Lucas, Joe Minter, Jimmy Lee Sudduth, Mose Tolliver.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (page 203) and index.
- Contents
- A history that refused to die / William S. Arnett -- From seeds : slavery in antebellum Alabama / Margaret Lynne Ausfeld -- One hour after slavery / Bernard L. Herman -- "Looking at my bloody feet" / Sharon P. Holland -- A fast walk through a long history : from Jamestown to Selma / Horace Randall Williams -- The tree as anchor of life : the path to freedom in three acts / Diala Toure -- The souls of great contemporary art / Hill Harper -- Mending the arch / Robert Sain -- Only artists / Karen Wilkin.
- Call Number
- Sc+ G 18-13
- ISBN
- 9780692365205
- 0692365206
- OCLC
- 909397263
- Title
- History refused to die : the enduring legacy of the African American art of Alabama / project director, William Arnett ; editor, Laura Bickford ; [Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Alabama Contemporary Arts Center].
- Publisher
- [Montgomery, Ala.] : [Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts] ; [Mobile, Ala.] : [Alabama Contemporary Arts Center], [2015]
- Manufacturer
- Canada : Printed by the Prolific Group, [2015]
- Copyright Date
- ©2015
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (page 203) and index.
- Added Author
- Arnett, William S., project director, curator.Bickford, Laura (Editor), editor.Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, host institution.Alabama Contemporary Art Center, host institution.
- Research Call Number
- Sc+ G 18-13