Research Catalog

Title

Making history : visual arts & Blackness in Canada / [edited by] Julie Crooks, Dominique Fontaine, Silvia Forni.

Publication

Toronto : Royal Ontario Museum ; Vancouver : On Point Press, [2023]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Crooks, Julie
• Fontaine, Dominique
• Forni, Silvia

Description

255 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 28 cm

Summary

"Making History is an unprecedented reflection on the positioning of Black history and art within the Canadian cultural landscape. Featuring boundary-breaking artists and others from the art world, Making History brings together poems, artist statements, and art portfolios that showcase a careful and thoughtful understanding of Black aesthetics. This beautifully illustrated book also discusses the presence of Black contemporary art in Canadian institutions and offers artistic perspectives on contemporary and historical art practices. The many voices and points of view within this publication present ideas that corroborate the state of cultural emergency in which we are living, where museums are rethinking and rewriting the stories of their collections. The book explores alternate ways of approaching the relationship between institutions, artists, and audiences, emphasizing the significance of collaboration, resisting hierarchical and hegemonic curatorial practices, and making room for multiple perspectives to bring about transformative change. Through powerful essays and striking visual art, Making History highlights the dynamism and complexity of African and diasporic experiences seen through the lens of museological interventions and artistic practices at large."--

Alternative Title

Visual arts and Blackness in Canada

Subject

• Art, Black > Canada
• Artists, Black > Canada > History
• Black people > Canada > History
• Art museums > Curatorship > Social aspects > Canada

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN

• 9780774890649
• 0774890649

LCCN

99993746115

OCLC

• on1348287088
• 1348287088
• SCSB-14626343

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries