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Subject(s)

• African American women artists—Criticism and interpretation [Browse]
• Art, Abstract—History and criticism [Browse]
• Art, Modern—21st century—History and criticism [Browse]
• Black people—Race identity—In art [Browse]
• Feminism in art [Browse]
• Mixed media (Art)—United States—History and criticism [Browse]
• Pindell, Howardena 1943-—Criticism and interpretation [Browse]

Artist

• Pindell, Howardena, 1943- [Browse]

Publisher

• Yale University Press [Browse]

Summary note

"... Examination of the multifaceted career of artist, activist, curator, and writer Howardena Pindell (b. 1943). It offers a fresh perspective on her abstract practice from the late 1960s through the early 1980s-- a period in which debates about Black Power, feminism, and modernist abstraction intersected in uniquely contentious yet generative ways. Sarah Louise Cowan not only asserts Pindell's rightful place within the canon but also recenters dominant historical narratives to reveal the profound and overlooked roles that Black women artists have played in shaping modernist abstraction. Pindell's career acts as a springboard for a broader study of how artists have responded during periods of heightened social activism and used abstraction to convey political urgency. With works that drew on Ghanaian textiles, administrative labor, cosmetics, and postminimalism, Pindell deployed abstraction in deeply personal ways that resonated with collective African diasporic and women's practices. In her groundbreaking analysis, Cowan argues that such work advanced Black feminist modernisms, diverse creative practices that unsettle racist and sexist logics"--Publisher's description.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Source of description

Description based on print version record and online resource (A&AePortal, viewed on September 14, 2023).

Contents

• Moving modernisms
• Paper work
• Mending abstraction
• Screen, skin.

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ISBN

0-300-27553-6

OCLC

1397070365

Doi

• 10.37862/aaeportal.00357

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