Now dig this!
Subtitle: art & Black Los Angeles, 1960-1980
By: Kellie Jones ; with contributions by Hazel V. Carby ... [et al.].
Contributors: Carby, Hazel V.; Getty Foundation; Hammer Museum; Pacific Standard Time (Exhibition)
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Hammer Museum; University of California; DelMonico Books/Prestel
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Los Angeles; Munich; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 351
ISBN-13: 9783791351360
Subjects: African American art; Exhibitions
Other titles: Art & Black Los Angeles, 1960-1980
Description: This comprehensive, lavishly illustrated catalogue offers an in-depth survey of the incredibly vital but often overlooked legacy of Los Angeles's African American artists, featuring many never-before-seen works.
Notes: "Published with the assistance of The Getty Foundation."

"Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, Oct. 2, 2011-Jan. 8, 2012."

"This exhibition is a part of Pacific Standard Time.--P. [7]."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Ann Philbin; title: Acknowledgments / Kellie Jones; title: Now dig this! : an introduction / Kellie Jones; title: The art of creative survival / Daniel Widener; title: Defending Black imagination : the "L.A. Rebellion" school of Black filmmakers / Jacqueline Stewart; title: Black art in L.A. : photographs by Robert A. Nakamura / Karin Higa; title: Find the cave, hold the torch : making art shows since Walter Popps / Franklin Sirmans; title: Los Angeles snapshots / Roberto Tejada; title: Rebellion and its aftermath : assemblage and film in L.A. and London / Naima J. Keith; title: Figuring the future in Los(t) Angeles / Hazel V. Carby; title: Frontrunners : Melvin Edwards ; William Pajaud ; Betye Saar ; Charles White ; Friends: Mark di Suvero, Ron Miyashiro, Tyrus Wong; title: Assembling : Daniel LaRue Johnson ; John Outterbridge ; Noah Purifoy ; John T. Riddle Jr. ; Betye Saar ; Friends: Sheila Levrant de Bretteville, Virginia Jaramillo, Gordon Wagner, Andrew Zermeño/Mechicano Art Center; title: Artists/gallerists : Alonzo Davis ; Dale Brockman Davis ; Suzanne Jackson ; Samella Lewis ; Friends: Sister Karen Boccalero/Self Help Graphics, Marie Johnson Calloway, Elizabeth Leigh-Taylor; title: Post/minimalism and performance : Fred Eversley ; David Hammons ; Maren Hassinger ; Ulysses Jenkins ; Senga Nengudi ; Friends: John Altoon, Houston Conwill, Charles Gaines, Joe Overstreet, Raymond Saunders; title: Epilogue: A suitcase : George Clack ; Dan Concholar ; Ruth G. Waddy; title: Selected chronology, 1960-80 / Jennifer Vanore.