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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Dalila ScruggsPublisher: The University of Chicago Press Imprint: University of Chicago Press Dimensions: Width: 22.90cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 27.90cm Weight: 1.588kg ISBN: 9780226836577ISBN 10: 0226836576 Pages: 304 Publication Date: 04 October 2024 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsForeword To That Degree and More / Dalila Scruggs Plates: 1915–1947 Becoming an Artist-Activist at Howard University / Melanee C. Harvey Social(ist) Networks in Chicago and New York / Sarah Kelly Oehler Plates: 1947–1960 Sharecropper and Campesino / Julia Fernandez An Artist-Activist at the Center of the Global Sixties / Dalila Scruggs La Maestra’s Fugitive Pedagogy in Mexico / J.V. Decemvirale Plates: 1960–1975 Pressing Narratives / Mary Lee Corlett “Thinking about Women” through Form, Substance, and Radical Politics / Melanie Anne Herzog Giving Feminism a Shove in the Right Direction / Catherine Morris Plates: 1975–2012 Shaping Public Space / Dalila Scruggs A Woman of Great Integrity, and Bravery / Lowery Stokes Sims Chronology / Rashieda Witter Notes Acknowledgments IndexReviews""Accompanying the exhibition is a book that offers a detailed look at Catlett’s nearly century-long life, highlighting both overlooked works and iconic masterpieces. Edited by Smithsonian curator Dalila Scruggs and co-published with the University of Chicago Press, the book addresses various aspects of Catlett’s development as an artist-activist, the impact of her political exile, her pedagogical legacy, and the diverse influences on her work. The exhibition underscores Catlett’s enduring legacy as an artist who used her art to drive social change and empower marginalized communities."" * Untitled Magazine * ""Edited by curator Dalila Scruggs, the book brilliantly illustrates how Catlett immersed herself in the formal and political possibilities of sculpture, drawing, painting, and printmaking. . . . this catalog is not only a gripping critical overview of Catlett’s impact on global art and activism — it is a necessary contribution to the rich, global genealogy of radical Black art histories. Catlett reminds us that identity alone doesn’t make one revolutionary; actions in pursuit of our shared liberation are just as crucial."" * Hyperallergic * ""Accompanying the exhibition is a book that offers a detailed look at Catlett’s nearly century-long life, highlighting both overlooked works and iconic masterpieces. Edited by Smithsonian curator Dalila Scruggs and co-published with the University of Chicago Press, the book addresses various aspects of Catlett’s development as an artist-activist, the impact of her political exile, her pedagogical legacy, and the diverse influences on her work. The exhibition underscores Catlett’s enduring legacy as an artist who used her art to drive social change and empower marginalized communities."" * Untitled Magazine * Author InformationDalila Scruggs is the Augusta Savage Curator of African American Art at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. She has held curatorial and education positions at the Williams College Museum of Art, the Brooklyn Museum of Art, and the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in New York. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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