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Beyond Mammy, Jezebel & Sapphire : reclaiming images of Black women

Title

Beyond Mammy, Jezebel & Sapphire : reclaiming images of Black women / works from the collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and his family foundation ; essays by Heidi R. Lewis and Roland Mitchell ; contributions by Takiyah Nur Amin [and 8 others].

Publication

[Portland, Oregon] : Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation, [2016]
©2016

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Description

79 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 33 cm

Summary

"Engaging a wide range of experiences and artistic practices, the nine artists featured in this exhibition challenge the controlling images of Black women that continue to pervade our culture and influence perceptions. Their artworks jar loose expectations and replace simplistic narratives with nuanced, sophisticated meditations on contemporary identity. The essays in this publication similarly present a variety of perspectives on the artworks and the ideas they present. Contributions from a diverse group of accomplished scholars, activists, artists, and writers provide multiple viewpoints from which to consider the exhibition and the questions it presents. Together, the artists' works and the author's voices reveal the complexity of identity, the necessity for self-determination, and the power of art to stimulate dialogue." -- Publisher's description

Subjects

Genre/Form

Exhibition catalogs.

Note

Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Alexandria Museum of Art, Louisiana from December 2, 2016 to February 18, 2017 and at I.D.E.A. Space at Colorado College, Colorado from March 27 to May 10, 2017.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Preface: gaze at me / Catherine M. Pears -- Who will sing a Black girl's song? A case for Black feminist and womanist exhibit engagement / Heidi R. Lewis -- Beyond Mammy, Jezebel & Sapphire: reclaiming images of Black women / Roland W. Mitchell -- A conscious musing on body, art, and memory / Takiyah Nur Amin -- Breaking stereotypes: undoing tainted images of Black women / Velva Boles -- African American women artists' magical truths / Claire Oberon Garcia -- Poetry of process / Jean Gumpper and Kate Leonard -- Lifting the veil and reclaiming Black women's humanity / Venetria K. Patton -- Taking back me (for Beyond Mammy, Jezebel, and Sapphire) / Sha'Condria "iCon" Sibley -- Fragments of a piece / Karen Riley Simmons -- Beyond Mammy, Jezebel & Sapphire: reclaiming images of Black women: a Black-girl-woman reflection / Claudine Taaffe.
Artwork by Romare Bearden, Robert H. Colescott, Ellen Gallagher, Mildred Howard, Alison Saar, Wangechi Mutu, Lorna Simpson, Michalene Thomas, and Kara Walker.

Call Number

Sc+ G 18-29

ISBN

9780692803172
0692803173

OCLC

971200330

Title

Publisher

[Portland, Oregon] : Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation, [2016]

Copyright Date

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Event

Catalog of exhibit at Alexandria Museum of Art, Louisiana from December 2, 2016 to February 18, 2017 and at I.D.E.A. Space at Colorado College, Colorado from March 27 to May 10, 2017.

Added Author

Lewis, Heidi R., author.

Mitchell, Roland (Roland W.), author.

Valentine, Megan, curator.

Hunter-Larsen, Jessica, curator.

Schnitzer, Jordan D., owner.

Amin, Takiyah Nur, author.

Boles, Velva, author.

Garcia, Claire Oberon, 1956-

Gumpper, Jean, author.

Leonard, Kate, author.

Patton, Venetria K., 1968- author.

Sibley, Sha'Condria, author.

Simmons, Karen Riley, author.

Taaffe, Claudine, author.

Bearden, Romare, 1911-1988, artist.

Colescott, Robert, 1925-2009, artist.

Gallagher, Ellen, 1965- artist.

Howard, Mildred, 1945- artist.

Wangechi Mutu, artist.

Saar, Alison, artist.

Simpson, Lorna, 1960- artist.

Thomas, Mickalene, 1971- artist.

Walker, Kara Elizabeth, artist.

Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation.

Alexandria Museum of Art (Alexandria, La.)

Research Call Number

Sc+ G 18-29

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