Name/Title
Textures : the history and art of Black hairEntry/Object ID
GN419.13.T49 2020Description
"Textures synthesizes research in history, fashion, art, and visual culture to reassess the 'hair story' of peoples of African descent. Long a fraught topic for African Americans and others in the diaspora, Black hair is here addressed by artists, barbers, and activists in both its historical perceptions and its ramifications for self and society today. Combs, products, and implements from the collection of hair pioneer Willie Morrow are paired here with masterworks from artists like Sonya Clark, Lorna Simpson, Mickalene Thomas, and Alison Saar. Exploring topics such as the preferential treatment of straight hair, the social hierarchies of skin, and the power and politics of display, Textures is a landmark exploration of Black hair and its important, complicated place in the history of African American life and culture."
Artists include: Hector Acebes, Derrick Adams, Karo Akpokiere, Deborah Anzinger, Keturah Ariel, April Bey, Charles Bohannah, Margaret Bowland, Nakeya Brown, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, Tawny Chatmon, Sonya Clark, David Driskell, Sarah Duah, Andrew Esiebo, Joseph Eze, Amber Ford, Yrneh Gabon, Olaf Hajek, Nakazzi Hutchinson, Shara K. Johnson, Eric Lafforgue, Annie Lee, Delita Martin, Charlotte Mensah, Lebohang Motaung, Zanele Muholi, Althea Murphy-Price, Nontsikelelo Mutiti, Woodrow Nash, Sharon Norwood, Glenford Nuñez, Charly Palmer, Gordon Parks, Faith Ringgold, Lezley Saar, Augusta Savage, Ngozi Schommers, Devan Shimoyama, Mary Sibande, Lorna Simpson, Nelson Stevens, Ibrahima Thiam, James Van Der Zee, Lina Viktor, Nafis White, Kehinde Wiley, Masa Zodros (and dozens of unidentified artists across African and American people groups).Context
"This book is published on the occasion of the exhibition Textures : the history and art of Black hair, Kent State University Museum, September 10, 2021-August 14, 2022."Lexicon
Search Terms
black people in art, hair--social aspects, hair in art, hairdressing of black people, hairstyles--social aspectsLegacy Lexicon
Category
Exhibition catalogBook Details
Author
Tameka N. Ellington, Joseph L. UnderwoodPublisher
The KSU Museum, HirmerDate Published
2020ISBN
9783777435541Notes
Length: 192General Notes
Note Type
ContentsNote
Foreword/Acknowledgements / Sarah J. Rogers -- The conception of Textures : the history and art of Black hair / Tameka N. Ellington -- Black hair is ... / Lori L. Tharps -- Whose story is it anyway? : Considering Keturah Ariel's "Internal battle" and Black hair / Ingrid Banks -- Combs and curling irons : the psycho-emotional tools for shaping Black hair textures and cultural consciousness / Afiya Mbilishaka -- (The) dead matter / Zoé Samudzi -- Under the lens : photography and Black hair / Joseph L. Underwood -- Community & memory -- Hair politics -- Black joy.