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Title:

Smokehouse associates / The Studio Museum in Harlem ; edited by Eric Booker.

Publisher:

Published by the Studio Museum in Harlem,

Copyright Date:

2022

Description:

256 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 28 x 21 cm

Subject:

Smokehouse Associates (Art collective)--Criticism and interpretation.
African American art--New York--New York--20th century.
Public art--New York--New York--20th century.
African American artists--New York.--New York.
Art and society.
African American art.
African American artists.
Art and society.
Public art.
New York (State)--New York.
ART / American / African American & Black.
1900-1999
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Other Authors:

Booker, Eric, editor.

Notes:

Between 1968 and 1970, the artist collective Smokehouse Associates transformed Harlem with vibrant, community-oriented abstract murals and sculptures. Established by William T. Williams and including Melvin Edwards, Guy Ciarcia, and Billy Rose, Smokehouse grew to encompass a range of creative practitioners united around the revolutionary potential of public art. Though relatively unknown today, Smokehouse was ambitious in its scale, community engagement, and interaction with the built environment. Published over fifty years after the collective's founding, Smokehouse Associates offers the first critical examination of the group's work. Eric Booker provides a historical overview of the collective; Charles Davis II and James Trainor delve into contextual histories of public art, urban design, and architecture; and an artist roundtable moderated by Ashley James presents critical reflections. With previously unpublished images and ephemera and a rich chronology, Smokehouse Associates serves as a sourcebook that expands the narrative of public art and social practice in the United States to include the contributions of artists of African descent.

Contents:

Photo index Ashley James -- Acknowledgments / Eric Booker -- Smokehouse: abstract potential / Eric Booker -- Archival reproductions -- The social life of abstraction / Charles L. David II -- Summers of smokehouse / James Trainor -- Photographic documentation -- In conversation: William T. Williams, Melvin Edwards, and Guy Ciarcia / Ashley James -- Chronology 1962-78 -- Unrealized works -- Photo index

ISBN:

9780300267204
0300267207

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1309868119

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)