Paintings. Selections DO or DIE: affect, ritual, resistance.
Notes:
Issued in slipcase. Publication date from Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art website. Includes bibliographical resources. "DO or DIE: Affect, Ritual, Resistance" : August 26-October 8, 2016, Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art, College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States. "DO or DIE: Affect, Ritual, Resistance" : February 23-April 7, 2018, Mary Elizabeth Dee Shaw Gallery, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah, United States. "DO or DIE: Affect, Ritual, Resistance" : August 27-October 21, 2018, Museum of Art, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, United States. "DO or DIE: Affect, Ritual, Resistance" : January 19-April 28, 2019, Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Produced in conjunction with the exhibition"DO or DIE: Affect, Ritual, Resistance" organized by the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art, College of Charleston, School of the Arts, in collaboration with the Michael C. Carlos Museum of Emory University. Exhibition schedule: Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, August 26-October 8, 2016; Mary Elizabeth Dee Shaw Gallery, Weber State University, Ogden, UT, February 23-April 7, 2018; Museum of Art, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, August 27-October 21, 2018; and, Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, January 19-April 28, 2019.
Contents:
#Blackmatterlives. Amanda H. Hellman -- Neopop -- All Falls Down -- Cock.Aim.Shoot -- Second Childhood -- All Dat Glitters Aint Goals -- The Fahamenology of Performance / Sean Meighoo -- Gravi-I-Ty -- Pursuit of Happiness -- Negus in Paris -- Diasporic Dopeness and Fahamu Pecou's Unapologetic Self-Representation / Michael K. Wilson -- I Know Why the Caged Bird Blings -- Imagining New Worlds -- Do or Die is a Story About Life / Arturo Lindsay -- Do or Die: Affect, Ritual, Resistance -- Die and Do: Egungun as a Form of Resistance and Recovery / Amanda H. Hellman -- #Blackmatterlives.
Summary:
"Visible Man" [i.e. "Invisible Man"] provides an in-depth look at the work of Atlanta-based artist Fahamu Pecou (born 1975) from the past two decades, showing how Pecou's work investigates the concept of black masculinity and provides new modes for the representation of black bodies. Starting with his self-assumed persona "Fahamu Pecou is the Shit!" and his early NEOPOP works, in which he places himself on the covers of prestigious art and culture magazines, the catalog shows the trajectory of his work, ending with the "DO or DIE" and "#BLACKMATTERLIVES" series.
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