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We wanted a revolution : black radical women, 1965-85 : new perspectives / edited by Catherine Morris and Rujeko Hockley ; contributions by Aruna D'Souza, Rujeko Hockley, Kellie Jones, Lisa Jones, Uri McMillan, Catherine Morris, Alice Walker.

Morris, Catherine, (editor.). Hockley, Rujeko, (editor.). D'Souza, Aruna, (writer of supplementary textual content.). Brooklyn Museum, (issuing body,, host institution.). California African-American Museum, (host institution.). Albright-Knox Art Gallery, (host institution.). Institute of Contemporary Art (Boston, Mass.), (host institution.).

Summary:

Illustrated volume to accompany an exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum, including an introduction by the exhibition co-curators; three scholarly critical essays; remarks from a symposium held in conjunction with the exhibition on April 21, 2017, consisting of personal reminiscences of the theater group Rodeo Caldonia; exhibition installation photographs with texts of the section introductions; an exhibition checklist; and a bibliography. An epigraph of two poems by Alice Walker appear after the half-title page.

Record details

ISBN: 9780872731844
ISBN: 0872731847
Physical Description: 152 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm.
Publisher: Brooklyn, NY : Brooklyn Museum, 2018.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Brooklyn Museum, April 21-September 17, 2017; California African American Museum, Los Angeles, October 13, 2017-January 14, 2018; Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, February 17-May 27, 2018; and the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, June 26-September 30, 2018. The artists represented in the exhibition include Emma Amos, Camille Billops, Kay Brown, Vivian E. Browne, Linda Goode Bryant, Beverly Buchanan, Carole Byard, Elizabeth Catlett, Barbara Chase-Riboud, Ayoka Chenzira, Christine Choy and Susan Robeson, Blondell Cummings, Julie Dash, Pat Davis, Jeff Donaldson, Maren Hassinger, Janet Henry, Virginia Jaramillo, Jae Jarrell, Wadsworth Jarrell, Lisa Jones, Loïs Mailou Jones, Barbara Jones-Hogu, Carolyn Lawrence, Samella Lewis, Dindga McCannon, Barbara McCullough, Ana Mendieta, Senga Nengudi, Lorraine O'Grady, Howardena Pindell, Faith Ringgold, Alva Rogers, Alison Saar, Betye Saar, Coreen Simpson, Lorna Simpson, Ming Smith, and Carrie Mae Weems.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:	Foreword / Anne Pasternak -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction / Catherine Morris and Rujeko Hockley -- We wanted a revolution: black radical women, 1965-85: the installation -- Swimming with E.C. / Kellie Jones -- Early intersections: the work of third world feminism / Aruna d'Souza -- Sand, nylon and dirt: Senga Nengudi and Maren Hassinger in Southern California / Uri McMillan -- When the rent was cheap and the art was everything: remembering Rodeo Caldonia / Lisa Jones -- Exhibition checklist.