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Sanford Biggers : codeswitch

Title

Sanford Biggers : codeswitch / [curators:] Andrea Andersson and Antonio Sergio Bessa.

Publication

Bronx, New York : The Bronx Museum of the Arts ; New Haven, CT ; London : in association with Yale University Press, [2020]
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Description

xiii, 173 pages, 5 unnumbered pages : color illustrations; 27 x 25 cm

Summary

"Sanford Biggers (b. 1970) is a Harlem-based artist working in various media including painting, sculpture, video, and performance. He describes his practice as 'code-switching'--mixing disparate elements to create layers of meaning--to account for his wide-ranging interests. This catalogue focuses on a series of repurposed quilts (many made in the 19th century) that embodies this interest in mixture. Informed by the significance of quilts to the Underground Railroad, Biggers transforms the quilts into new works using materials such as paint, tar, glitter, and charcoal to add his own layers of codes, whether they be historical, political, or purely artistic. Insightful essays survey Biggers's career, his art in relation to music, and the history upon which the series draws. Also featured is a short yet powerful graphic essay by an award-winning illustrator that introduces the layered meanings inherent in the art and craft of quilting"--Page 4 of cover.

Alternative Title

Codeswitch
Code switch

Subject

Genre/Form

Exhibition catalogs.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references.

Exhibitions (note)

Published on the occasion of the exhibit at the Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, New York, April 8-September 6, 2020; Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, October 21, 2020-February 28, 2021; California African American Museum, Los Angeles, California, March-September, 2021.

Contents

Foreword: Quilted magic, quilted music, quilted freedom in the Black American continuum / Greg Tate -- Introduction and acknowledgements / Klaudio Rodriguez -- The craft and the codes: traveling through history with Sanford Biggers / Antonio Sergio Bessa -- The allegorical paintings of Sanford Biggers / Andrea Andersson -- There are five square knots... / Jacqueline L. Tobin and Raymond G. Dobard -- Chronology / compiled by Mia Kang, with research by Esperanza Bey -- Mother Patchwerk / John Jennings, David Brame, and Esperanza Bey -- Plates.

Call Number

Sc+ F 21-154

ISBN

0300248644
9780300248647

LCCN

2019949756

OCLC

1121606664

Title

Sanford Biggers : codeswitch / [curators:] Andrea Andersson and Antonio Sergio Bessa.

Publisher

Bronx, New York : The Bronx Museum of the Arts ; New Haven, CT ; London : in association with Yale University Press, [2020]

Copyright Date

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Exhibitions

Published on the occasion of the exhibit at the Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, New York, April 8-September 6, 2020; Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, October 21, 2020-February 28, 2021; California African American Museum, Los Angeles, California, March-September, 2021.

Local Note

EXHIBITION CATALOG. CO-PUB. W/ BRONX MUSEUM OF THE ARTS. QUILTING-THEMED WORKS IN COLOR. W/ ESSAYS.

Chronological Term

2000-2099

Added Author

Andersson, Andrea, curator.

Bessa, Antonio Sergio, curator.

Biggers, Sanford. Works. Selections.

Bronx Museum of the Arts, host institution, publisher.

Contemporary Arts Center (New Orleans, La.), host institution.

California African-American Museum, host institution.

Research Call Number

Sc+ F 21-154

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