Encyclopedia of African American Artists
bydele jegede is the chairperson for the Department of Art at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. He holds a PhD in art history from Indiana University, has published numerous articles, and has participated in many group shows and exhibitions.
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jegede, dele. Encyclopedia of African American Artists. Greenwood, 2009. ABC-CLIO, publisher.abc-clio.com/9780313080609.
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jegede, dele. Encyclopedia of African American Artists. Greenwood, 2009. http://publisher.abc-clio.com/9780313080609
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jegede, dele. (2009). Encyclopedia of African American Artists. Retrieved from http://publisher.abc-clio.com/9780313080609
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African American heritage is rich with stories of family, community, faith, love, adaptation and adjustment, grief, and suffering, all captured in a variety of media by artists intimately familiar with them. From traditional media of painting and artists such as Horace Pippin and Faith Ringgold, to photography of Gordon Parks, and new media of Sam Gilliam and Martin Puryear (installation art), the African American experience is reflected across generations and works. Eight pages of color plates and black and white images throughout the book introduce both favorite and new artists to students and adult readers alike.
African American heritage is rich with stories of family, community, faith, love, adaptation and adjustment, grief, and suffering, all captured in a variety of media by artists intimately familiar with them. From traditional media of painting and artists such as Horace Pippin and Faith Ringgold, to photography of Gordon Parks, and new media of Sam Gilliam and Martin Puryear (installation art), the African American experience is reflected across generations and works. Eight pages of color plates and black and white images throughout the book introduce both favorite and new artists to students and adult readers alike.
A sampling of the artists included: Romare Bearden, Elizabeth Catlett, Achamyele Debela, and Melvin Edwards.
- Reviews/Endorsements
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"Jegede (art, Miami U., Ohio) profiles 66 black artists from the African Diaspora who have worked and lived in the US, and in many continued to do so. They work in a diverse array of media, he says, and manifest an even more diverse range of ideas, and have many profound contributions to world art and enriched the creative fabric of American culture, but who have attracted little attention either from scholars or from exhibition and gallery professionals. Eight pages of color plates illustrate, along with monochrome photographs of many of the artists." - Reference & Research Book News"Encyclopedia of African American Artists provides a solid overview of this important facet of the American art world and has a place in most academic libraries that support art programs as well as in large public libraries." - Booklist"This encyclopedia gives readers an idea of the broad spectrum of the African American community and its contribution to American art. Recommended. Lower-level undergraduates through faculty/researchers; general readers." - Choice"This guide will serve a wide audience in high school, public, and academic libraries." - Lawrence Looks at Books"Jegede offers a rigorously researched and documented yet intimate reference. His book successfully addresses a void of credible academic work on the artists covered. . . . The Encyclopedia of African American Artists is a timely and necessary resource. Entries are lucid and refreshingly accessible though academic." - Reference Reviews
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Table of Contents
Encyclopedia of African American Artists
Author(s): jegede, dele;Contributors: jegede, dele;Abstract:African American heritage is rich with stories of family, community, faith, love, adaptation and adjustment, grief, and suffering, all captured in a variety of media by artists intimately familiar with them. From traditional media of painting and artists such as Horace Pippin and Faith Ringgold, to photography of Gordon Parks, and new media of Sam Gilliam and Martin Puryear (installation art), the African American experience is reflected across generations and works. Eight pages of color plates and black and white images throughout the book introduce both favorite and new artists to students and adult readers alike.
African American heritage is rich with stories of family, community, faith, love, adaptation and adjustment, grief, and suffering, all captured in a variety of media by artists intimately familiar with them. From traditional media of painting and artists such as Horace Pippin and Faith Ringgold, to photography of Gordon Parks, and new media of Sam Gilliam and Martin Puryear (installation art), the African American experience is reflected across generations and works. Eight pages of color plates and black and white images throughout the book introduce both favorite and new artists to students and adult readers alike.
A sampling of the artists included: Romare Bearden, Elizabeth Catlett, Achamyele Debela, and Melvin Edwards.
SortTitle: encyclopedia of african american artistsAuthor Info:dele jegedeauthordele jegede is the chairperson for the Department of Art at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. He holds a PhD in art history from Indiana University, has published numerous articles, and has participated in many group shows and exhibitions.
eISBN-13: 9780313080609Cover Image URL: ~~FreeAttachments/9780313080609.jpgPrint ISBN-13: 9780313337611Entry Code: EGR3761Imprint: GreenwoodPages: 328Publication Date: 20090320Series: Artists of the American Mosaic- Cover Cover11
- Contents vii8
- Preface xi12
- Acknowledgments xvii18
- Ghada Amer 122
- Olu Amoda 425
- Emma Amos 728
- Benny Andrews 1132
- Jean-Michel Basquiat 1738
- Romare Bearden 2142
- John Thomas Biggers 2647
- Alexander (Skunder) Boghossian 3051
- Elizabeth Catlett 3556
- Sonya Clark 3960
- Robert Colescott 4364
- Larry Collins 4768
- Edward J. Colston 5172
- Willis ‘‘Bing’’ Davis 5576
- Achamyele Debela 5879
- Thornton Dial Sr. 6081
- Jeff Donaldson 6485
- Aaron Douglas 6889
- David Clyde Driskell 7293
- Melvin Eugene Edwards Jr. 7798
- Victor Ekpuk 81102
- Okwui Enwezor 84105
- Lalla Assia Essaydi 89110
- Tolulope Filani 95116
- Sam Gilliam 99120
- Palmer C. Hayden 105126
- George Hughes 109130
- Richard Howard Hunt 112133
- William H. Johnson 117138
- Loïs Mailou Jones 120141
- Wosene Worke Kosrof 125146
- Marcia Kure 128149
- Jacob Lawrence 133154
- Norman Lewis 138159
- Glenn Ligon 143164
- Cynthia Lockhart 146167
- (Frank E.) Toby Martin II 151180
- Carolyn Mazloomi 154183
- Julie Mehretu 157186
- Archibald Motley 160189
- Wangechi Mutu 164193
- Barbara Nesin 169198
- Odili Donald Odita 173202
- Kolade Adekunle Oshinowo 176205
- Gordon Alexander Parks 181210
- Thomas Phelps 184213
- Horace Pippin 187216
- Ellen Jean Price 191220
- Martin Puryear 195224
- Faith Ringgold 201230
- Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson 206235
- Betye Irene Saar 211240
- John Tarrell Scott 215244
- Thomas Eugene Shaw Jr. 218247
- Lorna Simpson 222251
- Renee Stout 226255
- Henry Ossawa Tanner 231260
- Fatimah Tuggar 235264
- Obiora Udechukwu 239268
- James Van Der Zee 243272
- Kara Walker 247276
- Ouattara Watts 251280
- Carrie Mae Weems 254283
- Charles Wilbert White 258287
- William Thomas Williams 262291
- Hale Woodruff 266295
- Bibliography 271300
- Index 283312