Grief and grievance : art and mourning in America / conceived by Okwui Enwezor ; curatorial advisors, Naomi Beckwith, Massimiliano Gioni, Glenn Ligon, and Mark Nash.
Published on the occasion of the exhibition Grief and Grievance: Art and Mourning in America, October 20, 2020-January 24, 2021, at the New Museum in New York. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Afterword / Lisa Phillips. Postscriptum / Massimiliano Gioni -- Between grief and grievance, a new sense of justice / Judith Butler -- The condition of Black life is one of mourning / Claudia Rankine -- White grievance and the problem of political loss / Juliet Hooker -- The first white president / Ta-Nehisi Coates -- 'Black alive and looking back at you': 'Can you be BLACK' revisited / Elizabeth Alexander -- Scale / Christina Sharpe -- Dead book remains / Saidiya Hartman -- The climate of blackness / Glenn Ligon -- My soul looks back in wonder / Naomi Beckwith -- Songs of mourning, songs of resistance / Massimiliano Gioni -- Registers of mourning / Mark Nash -- Afterword / Lisa Phillips.
Summary:
In recent years, the world has seen the rise of white nationalism in America and the tragic persistence of violence against African-Americans. Featuring works by more than 30 artists and writings by scholars and art historians, this book - and its accompanying exhibition - gives voice to artists addressing concepts of mourning, commemoration, and loss and considers their engagement with the social movements, from Civil Rights to Black Lives Matter, that Black grief has galvanized. Artists included: Terry Adkins, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Kevin Beasley, Dawoud Bey, Mark Bradford, Garrett Bradley, Melvin Edwards, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Charles Gaines, Theaster Gates, Ellen Gallagher, Arthur Jafa, Daniel LaRue Johnson, Rashid Johnson, Jennie C. Jones, Kahlil Joseph, Deana Lawson, Simone Leigh, Glenn Ligon, Kerry James Marshall, Julie Mehretu, Tiona Nekkia McClodden, Okwui Okpokwasili, Adam Pendleton, Julia Phillips, Howardena Pindell, Cameron Rowland, Lorna Simpson, Sable Elyse Smith, Tyshawn Sorey, Diamond Stingily, Henry Taylor, Hank Willis Thomas, Kara Walker, Nari Ward, Carrie Mae Weems, and Jack Whitten. Essays by Elizabeth Alexander, Naomi Beckwith, Judith Butler, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Okwui Enwezor, Massimiliano Gioni, Saidiya Hartman, Juliet Hooker, Glenn Ligon, Mark Nash, Lisa Phillips, Claudia Rankine, and Christina Sharpe.
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.