Reshaping the field : arts of the African diasporas on display / edited by Nana Adusei-Poku ; with contributions by Nana Adusei-Poku, Mora J. Beauchamp-Byrd, Bridget R. Cooks, Abby R. Eron, Amber Esseiva, Cheryl Finley, Languid Hands (Imani Mason Jordan and Rabz Lansiquot), Julie L. McGee, Derek Conrad Murray, Serubiri Moses, Senam Okudzeto, Richard J. Powell, Jamaal B. Sheats, Howard Singerman, Marlene Smith with Claudette Johnson, Lucy Steeds and Brittany Webb.
"First published 2022 by Afterall in association with Asia Art Archive, the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College and the Faculty of Fine, Applied and Performing Arts, University of Gothenburg"--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references (pages 260-261) and index.
Contents:
Roundtable conversation: curating Black futures now / Nana Adusei-Poku, Amber Esseiva, Languid Hands (Imani Mason Jordan and Rabz Lansiquot), Serubiri Moses and Brittany Webb. Art, museums and the fear of a black planet / Bridget R. Cooks -- Marginalized legacies and networks -- Introduction to marginalized legacies and networks / Richard J. Powell -- Mapping art history at the Atlanta University Center / Cheryl Finley -- Fisk University Galleries / Jamaal B. Sheats -- Paving the way: exhibition history of African American Art as the Howard University Gallery of Art / Abby R. Eron -- Between inclusion and making space -- Insisting on inclusion and making space downtown / Howard Singerman -- Revisiting Exhibiting Blackness: African Americans and the American art museum / Brittany Webb -- More than preamble: anticipating 'Two centuries of Black American art' / Julie L. McGee -- Ruptures -- 'Freestyle': how Post-Black ruptured Black art / Nana Adusei-Poku -- Does the plantation end when the market begins? Personal reflections and more than a few questions in personal and public practice post-'Freestyle' / Senam Okudzeto -- Blackness on display: on racial fetishism and the right to opacity / Derek Conrad Murray -- Dialogics of diaspora -- Moving images, exhibition histories: Dreaming Rivers and Handsworth Songs / Lucy Steeds -- The afterlives of 'Transforming the crown': Black British art and the survey exhibition / Mora J. Beauchamp-Byrd -- Finding the room next to mine / Marlene Smith in conversation with Claudette Johnson -- Curating Black futures -- Black girl: a plot and a promise / Amber Esseiva -- Creating the histories we think we'll need: thoughts on Black futurity / Brittany Webb -- No real closure: curating Black futures now / Languid Hands (Imani Mason Jordan and Rabz Lansiquot) -- Harmattan Dust / Serubiri Moses -- Roundtable conversation: curating Black futures now / Nana Adusei-Poku, Amber Esseiva, Languid Hands (Imani Mason Jordan and Rabz Lansiquot), Serubiri Moses and Brittany Webb.
Summary:
"Reshaping the Field: Arts of the African Diasporas on Display expands the field of exhibition histories through a selection of pioneering exhibitions that have shaped Black art today. Emphasizing how Black artists have organized, networked and created space for their work, it is the first publication to focus exclusively on African diasporic art in the US and UK through the histories of Black art exhibitions. Through a range of contributions by artists, art historians, curators and theorists, this publication reflects on the sociopolitical circumstances that were essential to the emergence of a field of study and mode of exhibition that is constantly reshaping itself and challenging normative orders."-- Pager 4 of cover.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.