Souls grown deep like the rivers : black artists from the American South Cover Image

Book

Souls grown deep like the rivers : black artists from the American South / [exhibition curators Raina Lampkins-Fielder and 3 others]

Lampkins-Fielder, Raina, curator. (Added Author). Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain), (Host institution.).

Summary:

For generations, Black artists from the American South have forged a unique art tradition. Working in near isolation from established practices, they have created masterpieces in clay, driftwood, roots, soil, recycled and cast-off objects that articulate America?s painful past ? the inhuman practice of enslavement, the cruel segregationist policies of the Jim Crow era, and institutionalised racism. Their works date from the early 20th century to today and respond to issues ranging from economic inequality, oppression and social marginalisation, to sexuality, the influence of place and ancestral memory. Among the sculptures, paintings, reliefs and drawings included here are works by Thornton Dial, Lonnie Holley, Ronald Lockett, Hawkins Bolden, Bessie Harvey, Charles Williams, Mary T. Smith, Purvis Young, Mose Tolliver, Nellie Mae Rowe, Mary Lee Bendolph, Marlene Bennett Jones, Martha Jane Pettway, Loretta Pettway, and Henry and Georgia Speller. Also featured are the celebrated quiltmakers of Gee?s Bend, Alabama, and the neighbouring communities of Rehoboth and Alberta.00Exhibition: Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK (17.03. - 18.06.2023)

Record details

ISBN: 1912520958
ISBN: 9781912520954
Physical Description: 141 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 26 cm.
Publisher: Woodbridge : ACC Artbooks, 2023.
Distributor: New York : Artbook 2023.

Content descriptions

General Note:	First published on the occasion of the exhibition 'Souls Grown Deep like the Rivers: Black Artists from the American South', Royal Academy of Arts, 17 March - 18 June 2023.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.