Figuring history
Robert Colescott, Kerry James Marshall, Mickalene Thomas
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Contributions
- Colescott, Robert, 1925-2009 - Contributor
- Marshall, Kerry James, 1955- - Contributor
- Thomas, Mickalene, 1971- - Contributor
- Seattle Art Museum - Contributor
Publication
2018 - Published by the Seattle Art Museum, in association with Yale University Press, Connecticut
Language
English
Word Count
23,750 words, Guess
Page Count
95 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-100300233892
- ISBN-139780300233896
- Library of Congress Control Number2017955626
- OCLC Control Number1002129875
- Better World Books9780300233896
and 1 more
- Open LibraryOL26956010M
Classifications
- DDC759.13
- LCCND238.N5 F54 2018
- LCCND205.5.H5F5 2018
Description
Contemporary artists Robert Colescott (1925-2009), Kerry James Marshall (b. 1955), and Mickalene Thomas (b. 1971) are distinguished by their attention to a history of representation, which they re-visit and revise to reflect on individual and collective Black experience. Equally engaged with social and political histories, and the history of art, Colescott, Marshall, and Thomas have created works that at times poignantly and satirically critique dominant narratives and posit alternatives. By considering these artists together, this thought-provoking book expands our understanding of contemporary history painting, a genre first defined during the 17th century and known for didactic paintings that often depicted Biblical or mythological subjects, and expressed the tastes and narratives of a ruling class. Colescott, Marshall, and Thomas marry appreciation of these traditional forms of representation to a deep understanding of contemporary American culture to create insightful works that disrupt historic narratives and read canonic art history against the grain.
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