Research Catalog

Title

Barbara Earl Thomas : the geography of innocence / edited by Catharina Manchanda.

Author

Thomas, Barbara Earl, 1948-

Publication

• Seattle, WA : Seattle Art Museum, 2021
• ©2021

Items in the Library & Off-site

Holdings

Details

Additional Authors

• Manchanda, Catharina
• Cruz, Amada, 1961-
• Taha, Halima
• Seattle Art Museum, host institution.

Description

79 pages : color illustrations, color portraits; 26 cm

Summary

"The Geography of Innocence offers a reexamination of Black portraiture and the preconceived dichotomies of innocence and guilt, sin and redemption, and the ways in which these notions are assigned and distorted along cultural and racial lines. With her quietly glowing portraits of young Black boys and girls, Thomas puts before us the humble question: can we see, and be present to, the humanity, the trust, the hopes and dreams of each of these children? Shadow and light and the values associated with them are the building blocks of Thomas's new body of work, which centers on portraits of children from the artist's extended community. An illuminated environment of filigree architecture creates a space for reflection that reclaims her subjects. The book's essays examine Thomas's innovative contribution to the genre of portraiture and the work's artistic and political relevance. The artist's essay and interview and the contributions by writer Halima Taha reflect on the development of Thomas's ideas and the cultural and political context in which the work exists"--

Alternative Title

Geography of innocence

Subject

• Thomas, Barbara Earl, 1948- > Exhibitions
• Thomas, Barbara Earl, 1948-
• Children, Black > Portraits
• African American women artists > Exhibitions
• Children, Black

Genre/Form

• Exhibition catalogs.
• Portraits.

Note

• "This book is published in conjunction with the exhibition Barbara Earl Thomas: The Geography of Innocence, presented at Seattle Art Museum from November 20, 2020, to January 2, 2022."

Contents

Director's foreword / Amada Cruz -- One cut above / Halima Taha -- Face-to-face / Catharina Manchanda -- Plates of portraits -- Making is thinking / Barbara Earl Thomas -- Plates of illuminated installation -- Two way mirror : an interview with Barbara Earl Thomas -- Exhibition checklist.

ISBN

• 9780932216786
• 0932216781

LCCN

• 99990317324
• 99989543117

OCLC

• on1245578509
• 1245578509

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries