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"Something over something else" : Romare Bearden's Profile series

Title
"Something over something else" : Romare Bearden's Profile series / essays by Stephanie Mayer Heydt, Robert G. O'Meally, Rachael Z. DeLue, Paul Devlin ; with an introduction by Ruth Fine.
Publication
  • Atlanta, Georgia : High Museum of Art ; Seattle, Washington : University of Washington Press, [2019]
  • ©2019

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Additional Authors
  • Bearden, Romare, 1911-1988
  • Bearden, Romare, 1911-1988.
  • Fine, Ruth, 1941-
  • Heydt, Stephanie Mayer
  • O'Meally, Robert G., 1948-
  • DeLue, Rachael Ziady
  • Devlin, Paul, 1980-
  • High Museum of Art, issuing body, publisher, organizer, host institution
  • Cincinnati Art Museum, host institution
  • University of Washington Press, publisher
Description
149 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits, facsimiles; 29 cm
Summary
"In November 1977, the 'New Yorker' published a feature-length biography of artist Romare Bearden by Calvin Tomkins as part of its Profiles series. The essay, titled 'Profiles: Putting Something Over Something Else' (using Bearden's words to describe the creative process), brought national focus to the artist, whose rise had seemed nearly meteoric since the late 1960s. The experience of the interview prompted Bearden to launch an autobiographical collection he called 'Profiles'. He sequenced the project in two parts: 'Part I, The Twenties,' which featured memories from his youth in the South and in Pittsburgh, and 'Part II, The Thirties,' about his early adult life in New York. Bearden collaborated with friend and writer Albert Murray on a short statement to accompany each piece. These appeared scripted onto the walls of the 'Profile' exhibition to lead viewers on a visual and poetic journey. This landmark publication reassembles and reconsiders Bearden's 'Profile' series. Beyond providing the opportunity to explore and understudied body of work, the project investigates the roles of narrative and self-presentation for an artist who made a career of creating works based on memory and experience. It also reveals Bearden's own gestures away from the autobiographical and toward a broader view."--
Alternative Title
Romare Bearden's Profile series
Subject
  • Bearden, Romare, 1911-1988 > Exhibitions
  • Bearden, Romare, 1911-1988 > Criticism and interpretation
  • Bearden, Romare, 1911-1988 > Themes, motives
  • Murray, Albert
  • Bearden, Romare, 1911-1988
  • 1900-1999
  • Collage, American > 20th century > Exhibitions
  • African American art > 20th century > Exhibitions
  • African Americans in art > 20th century > Exhibitions
  • African American artists > North Carolina > 20th century > Exhibitions
  • Group work in art
  • African American art
  • African American artists
  • African Americans in art
  • Collage, American
  • Themes, motives
  • North Carolina
  • United States
Genre/Form
  • Criticism, interpretation, etc.
  • Essays.
  • Exhibition catalogs.
  • Illustrated works.
Note
  • Published on the occasion of the exhibition at the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, September 14, 2019 - February 2, 2020 ; Cincinnati Art Museum, Ohio, February 28 - May 24, 2020.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Language (note)
  • Text in English.
Contents
Director's foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Romare Bearden : organizing chaos; an introduction / Ruth Fine -- Self-revealing : autobiography, narrative, and Bearden's Profile series / Stephanie Mayer Heydt -- A profile view of Bearden's Profile series : Robert G. O'Meally -- The shape of the self : Romare Bearden's Artist with painting and model / Rachael Z. DeLue -- Two American modernists, second-person singular : Albert Murray's words in Romare Bearden's Profiles / Paul Devlin -- Plates -- Appendix 1. "Reflections on the Exhibition, Profile/Part I" / Romare Bearden -- Appendix 2. "Profiles: putting something over something else" / Calvin Tomkins -- Checklist of the exhibition.
Call Number
Sc+ F 20-54
ISBN
  • 0295746432
  • 9780295746432
LCCN
2019905647
OCLC
1104049243
Title
"Something over something else" : Romare Bearden's Profile series / essays by Stephanie Mayer Heydt, Robert G. O'Meally, Rachael Z. DeLue, Paul Devlin ; with an introduction by Ruth Fine.
Publisher
Atlanta, Georgia : High Museum of Art ; Seattle, Washington : University of Washington Press, [2019]
Copyright Date
©2019
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Event
"'Something Over Something Else': Romare Bearden's Profile Series" : September 14, 2019-February 2, 2020, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
"'Something Over Something Else': Romare Bearden's Profile Series" : February 28-May 24, 2020, Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States.
Language
Text in English.
Chronological Term
1900-1999
Place of Publication
United States Georgia Atlanta.
United States Washington Seattle.
Added Author
Bearden, Romare, 1911-1988, artist, author.
Bearden, Romare, 1911-1988. Works. Selections.
Fine, Ruth, 1941- author.
Heydt, Stephanie Mayer, author.
O'Meally, Robert G., 1948- author.
DeLue, Rachael Ziady, author.
Devlin, Paul, 1980- author.
High Museum of Art, issuing body, publisher, organizer, host institution.
Cincinnati Art Museum, host institution.
University of Washington Press, publisher.
Research Call Number
Sc+ F 20-54
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