Video documentation regarding the exhibition Beverly Buchanan: Ruins and Rituals
name: label: Creator
content: Burris, Jennifer, 1982-
label: Creator
content: McArthur, Park
label: Names
content: Brooklyn Museum of Art
label: Names
content: Buchanan, Beverly, 1940-2015
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art museum curators -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: African American artists
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated in 2023 by Park McArthur, Jennifer Burris and Jason Hirata.
creator: label: Creator
content: Burris, Jennifer, 1982-
label: Creator
content: McArthur, Park
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Park McArthur and Jennifer Burris were guest curators for the exhibition Beverly Buchanan—Ruins and Rituals coordinated by Catherine Morris, Sackler Family Curator for the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, and Cora Michael, Associate Curator of Exhibitions, Brooklyn Museum. Beverly Buchanan—Ruins and Rituals was part of A Year of Yes: Reimagining Feminism at the Brooklyn Museum, a yearlong series of exhibitions celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art. McArthur and Burris along with Jason Hirata created the video.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 90 Gigabytes
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2016
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.burrjenn
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Gigabytes
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Three channel video documentation regarding Beverly Buchanan, June 10-19, 2016, containing compressed audio and video to be played simultaneously. (Codec: ProRes 422; Aspect: 16x9; Resolution: 1920 x 1080; Framerate: 30; 30 GB / video channel; Stereo 16 bit 48. Khz) Running time: 00:28:05

In close consultation with notes, plans, and photographs by Buchanan, writer and curator Jennifer Burris and artists Park McArthur and Jason Hirata documented four of Beverly Buchanan's earthworks (Ruins and Rituals, Macon, Georgia, 1979; Unity Stones, Macon, Georgia, 1983; Marsh Ruins, Brunswick, Georgia, 1981; Blue Station Stones, Miami, Florida, 1986) in the summer of 2016. Commissioned by The Brooklyn Museum on the occasion of Beverly Buchanan–Ruins and Rituals, a survey exhibition organized by Burris and McArthur, this three channel audio visual documentation recorded Buchanan's earthworks as they remain decades following their creation and sought to provide context for and connection between these public works and Buchanan's expansive artistic practice across media. This audio visual documentation continues to play a contextual role such that if it is to be presented publicly in an exhibition it is to be accompanied by examples of Buchanan's smaller-scale Frustula sculptures. Beverly Buchanan–Ruins and Rituals opened at the Brooklyn Museum in October of 2016 and traveled, under the Directorship of Andrea Barnwell Brownlee, to The Spelman College Museum of Fine Art in September 2017.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The Archives of American Art also holds the Beverly Buchanan papers.