Research Catalog

Multiplicity : Blackness in contemporary American collage

Title: Multiplicity : Blackness in contemporary American collage / edited by Kathryn E. Delmez ; with contributions by Tiffany E. Barber, Anita N. Bateman, Valerie Cassel Oliver, Patricia Hills, María Elena Ortiz, Richard J. Powell, Rebecca VanDiver, Chase Williamson, Fisk University students.
Publication: Nashville, TN : Frist Art Museum, [2023]

Details

Additional Authors

Description

263 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 29 cm

Summary

"The first major catalogue of contemporary Black American collage, Multiplicity: Blackness in Contemporary American Art brings together over sixty-five works of art by fifty artists that reflect the breadth and complexity of Black identity. Rather than casting their work solely in terms of a racial discourse that often portrays African Americans as a monolith, these artists employ collage to convey the intersecting facets of their lived experiences that combine to make whole individuals. Building on a technique that has roots in European and American traditions-used by canonical figures from Picasso and Hannah Höch to Robert Rauschenberg and Romare Bearden-the artists have assembled pieces of paper, photographs, fabrics, and other often salvaged materials to create unified compositions that express the endless possibilities of Black-constructed narratives despite the fragmentation of our times. As artist Deborah Roberts asserts, "With collage, I can create a more expansive and inclusive view of the Black cultural experience." In addition to eight scholarly essays, the book features 140 color images of work by artists including McArthur Binion, Mark Bradford, Zoë Charlton, Tomashi Jackson, Arthur Jafa, Rashid Johnson, Yashua Klos, Kerry James Marshall, Wangechi Mutu, Lovie Olivia, Ebony Patterson, Howardena Pindell, Jamea Richmond-Edwards, Deborah Roberts, Tschabalala Self, Devan Shimoyama, David Shrobe, Lorna Simpson, Nyugen Smith, Paul Anthony Smith, Mickalene Thomas, Kara Walker, and others. Short biographies written by honor students at Fisk University accompany each artist's entry, concluding a comprehensive and inclusive look at collage today"--

Uniform Title

Multiplicity (Frist Art Museum (Nashville, Tenn.))

Alternative Title

Blackness in contemporary American collage

Subject

Genre/Form

Exhibition catalogs

Note

Artists include: Nina Chanel Abney ; Derrick Adams ; Njideka Akunyili Crosby ; Radcliffe Bailey ; Sanford Biggers ; McArthur Binion ; Brittney Boyd Bullock ; Mark Bradford ; Tay Butler ; Zoë Charlton ; Andrea Chung ; Jamal Cyrus ; M. Florine Démosthène ; Derek Fordjour ; Genevieve Gaignard ; Lauren Halsey ; Kahlil Robert Irving ; Tomashi Jackson ; Arthur Jafa ; Rashid Johnson ; Yashua Klos ; YoYo Lander ; Rick Lowe ; Kerry James Marshall ; Rod McGaha ; Lester Julian Merriweather ; Helina Metaferia ; Wardell Milan ; Joiri Minaya ; Troy Montes Michie ; Devin N. Morris ; Wangechi Mutu ; Narcissister ; Rashaad Newsome ; Lovie Olivia ; Ebony G. Patterson ; Howardena Pindell ; Jamea Richmond-Edwards ; Deborah Roberts ; Lanecia A. Rouse ; Tschabalala Self ; Vitus Shell ; Devan Shimoyama ; David Shrobe ; Lorna Simpson ; Nyugen E. Smith ; Paul Anthony Smith ; Shinique Smith ; Mickalene Thomas ; Kara Walker ; Didier William ; Kandis Williams.
"Published in conjunction with the exhibition Multiplicity: Blackness in Contemporary American Collage, organized by the Frist Art Museum, Nashville"--Colophon
"Exhibition itinerary: Frist Art Museum, September 15-December 31, 2023 ; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 18-May 12, 2024 ; The Phillips Collection, July 6-September 22, 2024"--Colophon

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

I'll Make Me A World: An Introduction to Contemporary Black Collage / Kathryn E. Delmez Hurston's Law, or a Philosophy of Display / Richard J. Powell, PhD -- Cultural Legacies and the Transformation of the Cubist Collage Aesthetic by Romare Bearden, Jacob Lawrence, and Other African American Artists / Patricia Hills -- Changing Currents and Charting New Courses: Collage and Visioning of Black Histories and Memories / Rebecca VanDiver, PhD -- Pon tu mano con la mía: Rhizomatic Pathways and Collage / María Elena Ortiz -- Meditations on the Multivalence of Black Womanhood / Valerie Cassel Oliver -- Minor Figures, Continuous Tension / Tiffany E. Barber, PhD -- also also also and and and: Digital Stitches and the Collage as Glitch / Anita N. Bateman, PhD.

ISBN

9780300272963
0300272960

LCCN

2023019272

OCLC

YBP 2023019272

Title

Multiplicity : Blackness in contemporary American collage / edited by Kathryn E. Delmez ; with contributions by Tiffany E. Barber, Anita N. Bateman, Valerie Cassel Oliver, Patricia Hills, María Elena Ortiz, Richard J. Powell, Rebecca VanDiver, Chase Williamson, Fisk University students.

Publisher

Nashville, TN : Frist Art Museum, [2023]

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Chronological Term

2000-2099

Added Author

Delmez, Kathryn E., editor.

Frist Art Museum (Nashville, Tenn.), organizer, host institution.

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, host institution.

Phillips Collection, host institution.

View in Legacy Catalog