Name/Title
Past is present : Black artists respond to the complicated histories of slaveryEntry/Object ID
N6538.N5.P3 2023Description
"This book raises important questions about slavery's past and present, reflecting on how this complicated history is not to be repeated in the future. Local histories are used as a starting point for confronting slavery and its legacy. The exhibit features artworks created by African American artists in Indianapolis and beyond, like Mary Sibande, Lorna Simpson, Martin Puryear, Roberto Lugo, Sonya Clark, and Kara Walker, among others. Historical artifacts from the Indiana Historical Society, the Indiana State Museum, the Indiana Archives and Records Administration, the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester, Massachusetts, and Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee, are also on display. Along with the historical objects, the featured works envision a better future by drawing creatively from histories of enslavement and its legacy."
Selected artists include Mason Archie, Kaila Austin, Torry Brown, Willie Cole, Matthew Cooper, Sonya Clark, Walter Lobyn Hamilton, John Wesley Hardrick, Alicia Henry, Samuel Levi Jones, Roberto Lugo, Marcus Morris, Nell Painter, Rae Parker, Carl Pope, Martin Puryear, Rebecca Robinson, Mary Sibande, Lorna Simpson, LaShawnda Crowe Storm, Kara Walker, Carrie Mae Weems, John Wilson, Shamira Wilson.Context
Published on the occasion of the exhibition, "Past is present: Black artists respond to the complicated histories of slavery," presented at Eskenazi Hall, 735 W. New York St. Indianapolis, IN 46202, September 28, 2022 - January 14, 2023. With articles by Jonathan Michael Square and Kelli Morgan.Lexicon
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black people in art, racism in art, slavery in art, united states--race relations--historyLegacy Lexicon
Category
Exhibition catalogBook Details
Author
Joseph S. Mella, Jonathan Michael Square, Kelli MorganEdition
FirstPublisher
Herron School of Art + DesignDate Published
2023ISBN
9798218220303Notes
Length: 181General Notes
Note Type
ContentsNote
Foreword -- What abstraction can teach us about the legacy of slavery -- To move within vestiges that don't disappear -- Plates -- Archival documents and materials -- Exhibition checklist -- Colophon.