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Figuring history : Robert Colescott, Kerry James Marshall, Mickalene Thomas
- Title
- Figuring history : Robert Colescott, Kerry James Marshall, Mickalene Thomas / edited by Catharina Manchanda ; with essays by Jacqueline Francis and Lowery Stokes Sims.
- Publication
- New Haven : Published by the Seattle Art Museum, in association with Yale University Press, [2018]
- ©2018
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- Description
- 95 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 24 x 31 cm
- Summary
- Contemporary artists Robert Colescott (1925-2009), Kerry James Marshall (b. 1955), and Mickalene Thomas (b. 1971) are distinguished by their attention to a history of representation, which they re-visit and revise to reflect on individual and collective Black experience. Equally engaged with social and political histories, and the history of art, Colescott, Marshall, and Thomas have created works that at times poignantly and satirically critique dominant narratives and posit alternatives. By considering these artists together, this thought-provoking book expands our understanding of contemporary history painting, a genre first defined during the 17th century and known for didactic paintings that often depicted Biblical or mythological subjects, and expressed the tastes and narratives of a ruling class. Colescott, Marshall, and Thomas marry appreciation of these traditional forms of representation to a deep understanding of contemporary American culture to create insightful works that disrupt historic narratives and read canonic art history against the grain.
- Subjects
- History painting
- African American painting
- Marshall, Kerry James, 1955-
- Thomas, Mickalene, 1971-
- Marshall, Kerry James, 1955- > Exhibitions
- 1900-2099
- Thomas, Mickalene, 1971- > Exhibitions
- United States
- History painting > United States > Exhibitions
- Art, Modern > Exhibitions
- Colescott, Robert, 1925-2009 > Exhibitions
- Exhibition catalogs
- African American women artists > Exhibitions
- African American painting > 21st century > Exhibitions
- African American painting > 20th century > Exhibitions
- African Americans in art > Exhibitions
- Art, Black > Exhibitions
- Genre/Form
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Note
- Catalog of the exhibition held at the Seattle Art Museum February 15-May 13, 2018.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- Knowledge of the Past is the Key to the Future: An Introduction -- Rodert Colescott Plates -- Figuring It Out -- History, Art, and Many Other Things in the Art of Robert Colescott, Kerry James Marshall, and Mickalene Thomas -- Kerry James Marshall Plates -- Room of One's Own -- Mickalene Thomas Plates.
- Call Number
- Sc+ E 18-556
- ISBN
- 9780300233896
- 0300233892
- LCCN
- 2017955626
- OCLC
- 1002129875
- Title
- Figuring history : Robert Colescott, Kerry James Marshall, Mickalene Thomas / edited by Catharina Manchanda ; with essays by Jacqueline Francis and Lowery Stokes Sims.
- Publisher
- New Haven : Published by the Seattle Art Museum, in association with Yale University Press, [2018]
- Copyright Date
- ©2018
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Chronological Term
- 1900-2099
- Added Author
- Manchanda, Catharina, editor.Sims, Lowery Stokes, writer of added commentary.Francis, Jacqueline, writer of added commentary.Colescott, Robert, 1925-2009. Paintings. Selections.Marshall, Kerry James, 1955- Paintings. Selections.Thomas, Mickalene, 1971- Paintings. Selections.Seattle Art Museum, host institution.
- Research Call Number
- Sc+ E 18-556