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Subject(s)

• African Americans—Portraits—Exhibitions [Browse]
• Portrait photography—Exhibitions [Browse]
• African Americans in art—Exhibitions [Browse]
• Art, American—Exhibitions [Browse]
• Art—California—Los Angeles—Catalogs [Browse]
• Los Angeles County Museum of Art—Catalogs [Browse]

Editor

• Kim, Christine Y. [Browse]
• Andrews, Myrtle Elizabeth [Browse]

Contributor

• Kim, Christine Y. [Browse]
• Andrews, Myrtle Elizabeth [Browse]
• Als, Hilton [Browse]
• Cooks, Bridget R., 1972- [Browse]
• Fort, Ilene Susan [Browse]
• Keith, Naima J. [Browse]
• Lawson, Dhyandra [Browse]
• Stewart, Jeffrey C., 1950- [Browse]

Host institution

• Los Angeles County Museum of Art [Browse]
• Spelman College. Museum of Fine Art [Browse]
• Memphis Brooks Museum of Art [Browse]

Publisher

• Los Angeles County Museum of Art [Browse]

Summary note

Spanning over two centuries from around 1800 to the present day, Black American Portraits chronicles the ways in which Black Americans have used portraiture to envision themselves in their own eyes. Remembering Two Centuries of Black American Art, curated by David C. Driskell at LACMA 45 years ago, this book is a companion to the exhibition of the same name that reframes portraiture to center Black American subjects, sitters and spaces. This selection of approximately 140 works from LACMA's permanent collection highlights emancipation, scenes from the Harlem Renaissance, portraits from the Civil Rights and Black Power eras, multiculturalism of the 1990s and the spirit of Black Lives Matter. Countering a visual culture that often demonizes Blackness and fetishizes the spectacle of Black pain, these images center love, abundance, family, community and exuberance. Black American Portraits depicts Black figures in a range of mediums such as painting, drawing, prints, photography, sculpture, mixed media and time-based media. In addition to work by artists of African descent, Black American Portraits includes several works by artists of other backgrounds who have exemplified a thoughtfulness about, sensitivity toward and commitment to Black artists, communities, histories and subjects. Exhibition: Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), LA, USA (07.11.2021-07.04.2022).

Notes

• Published in conjunction with the exhibition "Black American Portraits" held at Los Angeles County Museum of Art, November 7, 2021-April 17, 2022; Spelman College Museum of Fine Art, January 30-May 14, 2023; and Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, September 23, 2023-July 1, 2024.
• Artists include: Cedric Adams ; Laura Aguilar ; Alvin Baltrop ; Sadie Barnette ; Richmond Barthé ; Edward Biberman ; John Biggers ; Dannielle Bowman ; Diedrick Brackens ; Mark Bradford ; Kwame Brathwaite ; Frederick J. Brown ; Bisa Butler ; Micaiah Carter ; Jordan Casteel ; Elizabeth Catlett ; Jonathan Lyndon Chase ; Renee Cox ; Njideka Akunyili Crosby ; Kim Dacres ; Bruce Davidson ; Kenturah Davis ; Roy DeCarava ; Beauford Delaney ; Woody De Othelllo ; Emory Douglas ; Stan Douglas ; Sam Doyle ; David C. Driskell ; rafa esparza ; Shepard Fairey ; Kohshin Finley ; Genevieve Gaignard ; Charles Gaines ; Rico Gatson ; Jerrell Gibbs ; Todd Gray ; Chase Hall ; Lauren Halsey ; David Hammons ; Lyle Ashton Harris ; Miki Hayakawa ; William Armfield Hobday ; Reggie Burrows Hodges ; Janna Ireland ; Arthur Jafa ; Lee Jaffe ; Sargent Claude Johnson ; Kahlil Joseph ; Isaac Julien ; Glenn Kaino ; Consuelo Kanaga ; Clifford Prince King ; Jacob Lawrence ; Deana Lawson ; Samella Lewis ; Whitfield Lovell ; Kerry James Marshall ; Wangari Mathenge ; Willie Robert Middlebrook ; Nicole Miller ; Zora J. Murff ; Alice Neel ; Ralph Nelson ; Toyin Ojih Odutola ; Lorraine O'Grady ; Kambui Olujimi ; Catherine Opie ; Gordon Parks ; Ada Pinkston ; Robert Pruitt ; Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe ; Nathaniel Mary Quinn ; Umar Rashid ; Calida Rawles ; Deborah Roberts ; Alison Saar ; Betye Saar ; Lezley Saar ; William Scott ; Paul Mpagi Sepuya ; Amy Sherald ; Xaviera Simmons ; Lorna Simpson ; Ming Smith ; Shinique Smith ; Edward Steichen ; Martine Syms ; Henry Taylor ; Mickalene Thomas ; Tourmaline ; Kent Twitchell ; James Van Der Zee ; Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller ; Fulton Leroy Washington (aka Mr. Wash) ; Timothy Washington ; Carrie Mae Weems ; Charles White ; Kehinde Wiley ; D'Angelo Lovell Williams ; Deborah Willis.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

• Foreword / Michael Govan
• Foreword / Mary Schmidt Campbell
• Introduction / Christine Y. Kim and Myrtle Elizabeth Andrews
• Face it / Hilton Als
• Plates
• A museum's commitment to the Trayvon Generation / Christine Y. Kim
• Black American art at LACMA: a history / Ilene Susan Fort
• Beyond the master / Jeffrey C. Stewart
• Proof of life / Bridget R. Cooks
• A lil' history of photography: Black American photography before Barack Obama / Myrtle Elizabeth Andrews
• The elusive body: Mark Bradford and David Hammons / Dhyandra Lawson
• Afterword / Naima J. Keith.

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ISBN

• 9781636810164 (hardcover)
• 1636810160 (hardcover)

LCCN

2022943435

OCLC

1341329296

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