Collection of essays and interviews by artist and critic Kellie Jones that highlights a life surrounded by the art. The book is framed by her ongoing dialogue with her family members, Amiri Baraka, Hettie Jones, Lisa Jones and partner Guthrie Ramsey, Jr.
Collection of essays and interviews by artist and critic Kellie Jones that highlights a life surrounded by the art. The book is framed by her ongoing dialogue with her family members, Amiri Baraka, Hettie Jones, Lisa Jones and partner Guthrie Ramsey, Jr.
Kellie Jones is Associate Professor in the Department of Art History and Archaeology at Columbia University. She is the author of several books and exhibition catalogues, including Energy/Experimentation: Black Artists and Abstraction, 1964–1980; Basquiat; and (with Thelma Golden and Chrissie Iles) Lorna Simpson.
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Acknowledgments ix Introduction. "Art in the Family" 1 Part One. On Diaspora 1. EyeMinded: Commentary / Amiri Baraka 37 2. Preface to a Twenty Volume Suicide Note / Amiri Baraka 41 3. A.K.A. Saartjie: The Hottentot Venus in Context (Some Reflections and a Dialogue) 1998/2004 43 4. Tracey Rose: Postapartheid Playground 69 5. (Un)Seen and Overheard: Pictures by Loran Simpson 81 6. Life's Little Necessities: Installations by Women in the 1990s 125 7. Interview with Kcho 135 8. The Structure of Myth and the Potency of Magic 145 Part Two. In Visioning 9. Seeing Through: Commentary / Hettie Jones 159 10. In the Eye of the Beholder / Hettie Jones 163 11. To/From Los Angeles with Betye Saar 165 12. Crown Jewels 177 13. Dawoud Bey: Portraits in the Theater of Desire 187 14. Pat Ward Williams: Photography and Social/Personal History 207 15. Interview with Howardena Pindell 215 16: Eye-Minded: Martin Puryear 235 17. Large As Life: Contemporary Photography 241 18. An Interview with David Hammons 247 Part Three. Making Multiculturalism 19. Excuse Me While I Kiss the Sky & Then Fly and Touch Down: Commentary / Lisa Jones 263 20. How I Invented Multiculturalism / Lisa Jones 273 21. Lost in Translation: Jean-Michel in the (Re)Mix 277 22. In the Thick of It: David Hammons and Hair Culture in the 1970s 297 23. Domestic Prayer 305 24. Critical Curators: Interview with Kellie Jones 309 25. Poets of a New Style of Speak: Cuban Artists of This Generation 317 26. In Their Own Image 329 27. Tim Rollins and K.O.S.: What's Wrong with This Picture? 341 28. Blues to the Future 343 Part Four. Abstract Truths 29. Them There Eyes: On Connections and the Visual: Commentary / Guthrie P. Ramsey Jr. 349 30. Free Jazz and the Price of Black Musical Abstraction / Guthrie P. Ramsey Jr. 353 31. To the Max: Energy and Experimentation 363 32. It's Not Enough to Say "Black is Beautiful": Abstraction at the Whitney, 1969-1974 397 33. Black West: Thoughts on Art in Los Angeles 427 34. Brothers and Sisters 459 35. Bill T. Jones 469 36. Abstract Expressionism: The Missing Link 473 37. Norman Lewis: The Black Paintings 483
Acknowledgments ix Introduction. "Art in the Family" 1 Part One. On Diaspora 1. EyeMinded: Commentary / Amiri Baraka 37 2. Preface to a Twenty Volume Suicide Note / Amiri Baraka 41 3. A.K.A. Saartjie: The Hottentot Venus in Context (Some Reflections and a Dialogue) 1998/2004 43 4. Tracey Rose: Postapartheid Playground 69 5. (Un)Seen and Overheard: Pictures by Loran Simpson 81 6. Life's Little Necessities: Installations by Women in the 1990s 125 7. Interview with Kcho 135 8. The Structure of Myth and the Potency of Magic 145 Part Two. In Visioning 9. Seeing Through: Commentary / Hettie Jones 159 10. In the Eye of the Beholder / Hettie Jones 163 11. To/From Los Angeles with Betye Saar 165 12. Crown Jewels 177 13. Dawoud Bey: Portraits in the Theater of Desire 187 14. Pat Ward Williams: Photography and Social/Personal History 207 15. Interview with Howardena Pindell 215 16: Eye-Minded: Martin Puryear 235 17. Large As Life: Contemporary Photography 241 18. An Interview with David Hammons 247 Part Three. Making Multiculturalism 19. Excuse Me While I Kiss the Sky & Then Fly and Touch Down: Commentary / Lisa Jones 263 20. How I Invented Multiculturalism / Lisa Jones 273 21. Lost in Translation: Jean-Michel in the (Re)Mix 277 22. In the Thick of It: David Hammons and Hair Culture in the 1970s 297 23. Domestic Prayer 305 24. Critical Curators: Interview with Kellie Jones 309 25. Poets of a New Style of Speak: Cuban Artists of This Generation 317 26. In Their Own Image 329 27. Tim Rollins and K.O.S.: What's Wrong with This Picture? 341 28. Blues to the Future 343 Part Four. Abstract Truths 29. Them There Eyes: On Connections and the Visual: Commentary / Guthrie P. Ramsey Jr. 349 30. Free Jazz and the Price of Black Musical Abstraction / Guthrie P. Ramsey Jr. 353 31. To the Max: Energy and Experimentation 363 32. It's Not Enough to Say "Black is Beautiful": Abstraction at the Whitney, 1969-1974 397 33. Black West: Thoughts on Art in Los Angeles 427 34. Brothers and Sisters 459 35. Bill T. Jones 469 36. Abstract Expressionism: The Missing Link 473 37. Norman Lewis: The Black Paintings 483
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