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The Resource Whitewalling : art, race & protest in 3 acts, Aruna D'Souza ; artwork by Parker Bright & Pastiche Lumumba

Whitewalling : art, race & protest in 3 acts, Aruna D'Souza ; artwork by Parker Bright & Pastiche Lumumba

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"In 2017, the Whitney Biennial included a painting by a white artist, Dana Schutz, of the lynched body of a young black child, Emmett Till. In 1979, anger brewed over a show at New York's Artists Space entitled The Nigger Drawings. In 1969, the Metropolitan Museum of Art's exhibition Harlem on My Mind did not include a single work by a black artist. In all three cases, black artists and writers and their allies organized vigorous responses using the only forum available to them: public protest. Whitewalling: Art, Race & Protest in 3 Acts reflects on these three incidents in the long and troubled history of art and race in America. It lays bare how the art world--no less than the country at large--has persistently struggled with the politics of race, and the ways this struggle has influenced how museums, curators and artists wrestle with notions of free speech and the specter of censorship. Whitewalling takes a critical and intimate look at these three "acts" in the history of the American art scene and asks: when we speak of artistic freedom and the freedom of speech, who, exactly, is free to speak?" -- Publisher's description
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
149 pages
Contents
  • Setting the stage
  • Act 1: Open casket, Whitney Biennial, 2017
  • Act 2: The nigger drawings, Artists Space, 1979
  • Act 3: Harlem on my mind, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1969
Isbn
9781943263141
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Whitewalling : art, race & protest in 3 acts
Title
Whitewalling
Title remainder
art, race & protest in 3 acts
Statement of responsibility
Aruna D'Souza ; artwork by Parker Bright & Pastiche Lumumba
Title variation
Whitewalling
Title variation remainder
art, race and protest in three acts
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Language
eng
Summary
"In 2017, the Whitney Biennial included a painting by a white artist, Dana Schutz, of the lynched body of a young black child, Emmett Till. In 1979, anger brewed over a show at New York's Artists Space entitled The Nigger Drawings. In 1969, the Metropolitan Museum of Art's exhibition Harlem on My Mind did not include a single work by a black artist. In all three cases, black artists and writers and their allies organized vigorous responses using the only forum available to them: public protest. Whitewalling: Art, Race & Protest in 3 Acts reflects on these three incidents in the long and troubled history of art and race in America. It lays bare how the art world--no less than the country at large--has persistently struggled with the politics of race, and the ways this struggle has influenced how museums, curators and artists wrestle with notions of free speech and the specter of censorship. Whitewalling takes a critical and intimate look at these three "acts" in the history of the American art scene and asks: when we speak of artistic freedom and the freedom of speech, who, exactly, is free to speak?" -- Publisher's description
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D'Souza, Aruna
Dewey number
709.7309/04
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
LC call number
  • N6512
  • N8232
LC item number
  • .D76 2018
  • .D76 2018
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
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  • Bright, Parker
  • Lumumba, Pastiche
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  • Art and race
  • Freedom and art
  • African Americans in art
  • African Americans in art
  • Art and race
  • Freedom and art
  • United States
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Whitewalling : art, race & protest in 3 acts, Aruna D'Souza ; artwork by Parker Bright & Pastiche Lumumba
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Includes bibliographical references
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volume
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  • nc
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rdacarrier
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  • txt
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Contents
Setting the stage -- Act 1: Open casket, Whitney Biennial, 2017 -- Act 2: The nigger drawings, Artists Space, 1979 -- Act 3: Harlem on my mind, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1969
Dimensions
23 cm
Extent
149 pages
Isbn
9781943263141
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
184591
System control number
  • (OCoLC)1026350400
  • (OCoLC)on1026350400
Label
Whitewalling : art, race & protest in 3 acts, Aruna D'Souza ; artwork by Parker Bright & Pastiche Lumumba
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Setting the stage -- Act 1: Open casket, Whitney Biennial, 2017 -- Act 2: The nigger drawings, Artists Space, 1979 -- Act 3: Harlem on my mind, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1969
Dimensions
23 cm
Extent
149 pages
Isbn
9781943263141
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
184591
System control number
  • (OCoLC)1026350400
  • (OCoLC)on1026350400

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