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Title:

Oletha DeVane : spectrum of light and spirit / edited by Lowery Stokes Sims and Symmes Gardner, with contributions by Leslie King-Hammond, Christopher Kojzar, Serubiri Moses, and Tadia Rice.

Publisher:

Artbook D.A.P.

Copyright Date:

©2023

Description:

208 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm

Subject:

DeVane, Oletha,--1950---Exhibitions.
DeVane, Oletha,--1950---Biography.
Art, Modern--21st century--21st century--Exhibitions.
Sculpture, Modern--21st century--21st century--Exhibitions.
Multimedia (Art)--21st century.--21st century.
Interactive art--Exhibitions.
Sequin craft--In art.
Beadwork--In art.
African American women artists.
African American artists--Exhibitions.

Other Authors:

DeVane, Oletha, 1950- artist.
Sims, Lowery Stokes, curator. curator.
Gardner, Symmes, author of introduction, etc. author of introduction, etc.
King-Hammond, Leslie, 1944- contributor.
Kojzar, Christopher, contributor.
Moses, Serubiri, contributor.
Rice, Tadia, contributor.
Uchill, Rebecca, 1978- author of introduction, etc.
Hood, Mitro, photographer.

Notes:

Published in conjunction with the exhibition 'Oletha DeVane: Spectrum of Light and Spirit', the first career retrospective of the Maryland-based artist, organized by Curator Lowery Stokes Sims. September 22-December 17, 2022. Includes bibliographical references (pages 206-207)

Contents:

Director's Foreword / Rebecca Uchill -- Executive Editor's Introduction / Symmes Gardner -- An Artist's Statement / Oletha DeVane -- Oletha DeVane: Spectrum of Light and Spirit / Lowery Stokes Sims -- Oletha DeVane's Adventurous Search for Meaning / Serubiri Moses -- Bonds of Permanence: Familial Ties, Memorials, and the Public Art of Oletha DeVane / Christopher Kojzar -- The Essence of Being Lies Within Ordinary, Useful/less Stuff, and Tangible Things / Leslie King-Hammond -- Artworks -- Artist's Statement / Tadia Rice -- Artworks in the Exhibition -- Oletha DeVane: A Biography -- Exhibition History -- Selected Bibliography.

Summary:

"Maryland-based artist Oletha DeVane has long been a prominent presence in the Baltimore-area art scene, working in all media, including public sculpture. 'Spectrum of Light and Spirit' documents the first full retrospective of her work, from early paintings to video artworks and interactive sculpture. Among the works presented here is a large-scale carved sculpture, 'N'Kisi Woman--Universal N'Kisi' (2021-22); nkisi is a Kongo cultural figure invested with sacred energy. The work reflects DeVane's fascination with how materials convey meaning and reemerge as myths and memories. 'Oletha DeVane is a wayfinder and a storyteller,' says the retrospective's curator, Lowery Stokes Sims. 'Over the last five decades as she has traveled in Asia, Africa and the Caribbean, she has been inspired by the stories and characters she encounters, bringing the unexpected to light, while finding new nuances in the old and familiar, and unexpected correlations among those varied cultures.'" --publisher's website

ISBN:

0960088547
9780960088546

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1397314033

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)