Represent
Subtitle: 200 years of African American art in the Philadelphia Museum of Art
By: Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw, consulting curator ; introductory essay by Richard J. Powell
Contributors: Powell, Richard J., 1953- curator, writer of introduction; Philadelphia Museum of Art
Publisher: Philadelphia Museum of Art. Published in association with Yale University Press, New Haven.
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 210
ISBN-13: 9780876332498; 9780300208009
Subjects: African American art; Exhibitions; African American artists
Other titles: Represent :
Description: This publication highlights nearly 150 objects in the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art that were created by American artists of African descent. Introduced with an essay by the distinguished scholar Richard J. Powell, the volume includes paintings, sculpture, works on paper, decorative arts, costume and textiles, and photography by some 100 artists, from classically trained painters such as Henry Ossawa Tanner to self-taught artists such as Bill Traylor. Informative, thematic essays by the consulting curator, Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw, are followed by individual object entries as well as texts spotlighting areas of collecting strength, many of them written by members of the museum's curatorial staff. The first major publication to focus on the museum's diverse collection of works by African American artists, this volume also offers a fresh scholarly perspective on African American art from the early 19th century to the present.
Notes: "Published on the occasion of the exhibition 'Represent: 200 Years of African American Art,' Philadelphia Museum of Art, January 10-April 5, 2015"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-208) and index.
Table of contents: title: Walking on water : embodiment, abstraction, and Black visuality / Richard J. Powell; title: Catalogue; title: The art of everyday life : essay / by Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw; title: Outside the door : essay / by Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw; title: Imagining modernity : essay / by Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw; title: The conceptual turn : essay / by Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw.