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Blues for smoke

Title
Blues for smoke / organized by Bennett Simpon.
Publication
Los Angeles : Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 2012.

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Additional Authors
  • Simpson, Bennett.
  • Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Description
222 pages : illustrated; 28 cm
Summary
"Covering nearly half a century and including the works of some 50 artists in a wide variety of media, this book looks beyond ideas of musical category to identify the blues as a visual and cultural idiom that has informed multiple generations of artists--from Romare Bearden and William Eggleston to David Hammons and David Simon, creator of the television series The Wire. Generously illustrated with paintings, drawings, photographs, sculpture, installation, and video stills, and containing a wide range of critical writing, poetry, and fiction, the catalog explores topics central to the blues--from articulations of daily life, modes of abstraction and repetition, and self-performance to ecstatic and cathartic expression and metaphors of memory and the archive. Both scholarly and unique, this reimagining of all things "blues" will draw audiences from across cultural and racial boundaries as it celebrates a uniquely American idiom that has made its mark on nearly every contemporary artistic medium"--
Subjects
Note
  • This publication accompanies the exhibition "Blues for Smoke," organized by Bennett Simpson and presented at The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, October 20, 2012-January 7, 2013.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Call Number
Sc F 15-490
ISBN
  • 9783791352534 (hardback)
  • 3791352539 (hardback)
LCCN
2012025362
OCLC
798061724
Title
Blues for smoke / organized by Bennett Simpon.
Imprint
Los Angeles : Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 2012.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Added Author
Simpson, Bennett.
Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Research Call Number
Sc F 15-490
JNF 14-59
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