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Black Emergency Cultural Coalition photograph collection.

Title
Black Emergency Cultural Coalition photograph collection.
Author
Black Emergency Cultural Coalition, collector.
Publication
1980.

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Additional Authors
  • Mau, Leonore
  • PPS. Galerie F.C. Gundlach.
Found In
c2pc Black Emergency Cultural Coalition Black Emergency Cultural Coalition records, 1971-1984 (OCoLC)144675656
Description
  • 13 items (one folder); 21 x 26 cm and smaller.
  • 13 photographic prints : gelatin silver, black and white ;
Summary
  • Depictions of religious rituals and rites practiced by Africans and persons of African descent in the Caribbean, South America and the United States, during the late 1960s to the 1970s. These images, taken by German photographer Leonore Mau, were used as publicity photographs for PPS Galerie F.C. Gundlach, in Hamburg, Germany. In 1980, the Black Emergency Cultural Coalition sponsored a Xangô exhibit, featuring Mau's work, that was held at the Countee Cullen Branch Library of the New York Public Library, in Harlem, New York City.
  • Some of the religions depicted include Candomblé, the Xangô cult, and other rituals of the Yoruba and Ewe people. Also included is a portrait of artist Cliff Joseph, one of the co-founders and initial directors of the Black Emergency Cultural Coalition.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Portrait photographs – 1980-1989.
  • Group portraits – 1980-1989.
  • Publicity photographs – 1980-1989.
  • Gelatin silver prints – 1980-1989.
Note
  • Title taken from Black Emergency Cultural Coalition Records.
  • Most items bear photo gallery's hand stamp. All items bear handwritten notations; most items have printed caption label, written in German, attached to verso. Some items are duplicates.
  • Collection contains work by Leonore Mau.
Terms of Use (note)
  • Items may be restricted; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.
Biography (note)
  • The Black Emergency Cultural Coalition was organizied in 1969, in New York City, by a group of African American artists responding to the lack of representation of Black paintings and sculpture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's "Harlem on my Mind" exhibition. The organization advocated for greater African American artist representation and curatorial presence in New York's major art museums, and, during the 1970s, sponsored art programs that served correctional facilities, juvenile detention centers and mental health facilities.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of the Black Emergency Cultural Coalition Records, 1971-1984.
Call Number
Sc Photo Black Emergency Cultural Coalition Collection
OCLC
1054828101
Author
Black Emergency Cultural Coalition, collector.
Title
Black Emergency Cultural Coalition photograph collection.
Production
1980.
Type of Content
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
sheet
Terms Of Use
Items may be restricted; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.
Biography
The Black Emergency Cultural Coalition was organizied in 1969, in New York City, by a group of African American artists responding to the lack of representation of Black paintings and sculpture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's "Harlem on my Mind" exhibition. The organization advocated for greater African American artist representation and curatorial presence in New York's major art museums, and, during the 1970s, sponsored art programs that served correctional facilities, juvenile detention centers and mental health facilities.
Linking Entry
Forms part of the Black Emergency Cultural Coalition Records, 1971-1984.
Local Note
Sc MG 399
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Added Author
Mau, Leonore, photographer.
PPS. Galerie F.C. Gundlach.
Found In:
c2pc Black Emergency Cultural Coalition Black Emergency Cultural Coalition records, 1971-1984 (OCoLC)144675656
Research Call Number
Sc Photo Black Emergency Cultural Coalition Collection
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