On whiteness

On Whiteness (2018 : New York, N.Y.), author. (author.). Alcoff, Linda Martín, (author.). Bell, Alexandra, 1983- (artist.). Berlant, Lauren Gail, 1957-2021 (author.). Bery, Sadhana, (author.). Borzutzky, Daniel, (author.). Caflisch, Jane, (author.). Chang, Jeff, (author.). Chin, Mel, 1951- (artist.). D'Souza, Aruna, (author.). Gonzales-Day, Ken, (artist.). Gruen, Lori, (author.). Hartman, Saidiya V., (author.). Kaphar, Titus, 1976- (artist.). Lagarde, Charlotte, (artist.). Liesching, Carla, 1985- (artist.). Ligon, Glenn, 1960- (artist.). Painter, Nell Irvin, (author,, artist.). St. Félix, Doreen, 1992- (author.). Thomas, Hank Willis, 1976- (artist.).

Summary: "The exhibition portion of On Whiteness aims to take advantage of art's powerful ability to reframe dominant ways of seeing, especially with regard to philosopher Sara Ahmed's postulation of whiteness as a 'habit,' whose power to form and sustain specific social behaviors and institutions resides in its being taken entirely for granted. As Ahmed proposes: 'Whiteness is what bodies do, where the body takes shape of the action ... spaces are oriented 'around' whiteness, insofar as whiteness is not seen.' By disorienting the particularly habituated space of the white cube gallery, the work in this exhibition questions, marks, and checks whiteness, challenging its dominance as it operates through default positions in cultural behavior."--

Record details

ISBN: 1916041280
ISBN: 9781916041288
Physical Description: 187 pages, 5 unnumbered pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 15 cm.
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Edition: First edition.
Publisher: London : SPBH Editions ; [New York, N.Y.?] : The Racial Imaginary Institute, 2022.
Distributor: New York, NY : Available through ARTBOOK / D.A.P.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Papers from a symposium co-organized by The Racial Imaginary Institute and The Kitchen, held at The Kitchen in Manhattan, June 30, 2018.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction / by The Racial Imaginary Institute Curatorial Team -- Portfolio / by Hank Willis Thomas -- Whiteness and race temperament / by Neil Irvin Painter -- Portfolio / by Charlotte Lagarde -- Against a sharp white background : culture, coalition, and the zero-sum game of managed diversity. The diversity bargain : Asian Americans, whiteness, and justice / by Jeff Chang ; The case for museum reparations / by Aruna D'Souza ; Poetry, labor, immigration and state violence / by Daniel Borzutzky ; The Internet : white rhetoric, black criticism / by Doreen St. Félix -- Portfolio / by Carla Liesching -- Whiteness and race temperament / by Linda Martín Alcoff -- Portfolio / by Glenn Ligon -- A diagnostic of whiteness : the empathy conundrum. White likability, white humorlessness / by Laurent Berlant ; White empathy : a technology of white supremacy / Sadhana Bery ; White guilt and reparation / by Jane Caflisch ; Empathy beyond whiteness / by Lori Gruen ; Near a church at dusk / Saidiya Hartman -- Portfolio / by Titus Kaphar -- Biographies -- Portfolio / by Alexandra Bell.