Description
| Product ID: | 9783777435961 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | DE |
| Title: | The Black Index |
| Authors: | Author: Bridget R. Cooks, Sarah Watson |
| Page Count: | 128 |
| Subjects: | Individual artists, art monographs, Individual artists, art monographs |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating The artists featured in The Black Index—Dennis Delgado, Alicia Henry, Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle, Titus Kaphar, Whitfield Lovell, and Lava Thomas—build upon the tradition of Black self-representation as an antidote to colonialist images. Their translations of photography challenge the medium’s long-assumed qualities of objectivity, legibility, and identification. Using drawing, sculpture, and digital technology to transform the recorded image, these artists question our reliance on photography as a privileged source for documentary objectivity and historical understanding. The works featured here offer an alternative practice—a Black index. In the hands of these six artists, the index still serves as a finding aid for information about Black subjects, but it also challenges viewers’ desire for classification and, instead, redirects them toward alternative information. |
| Imprint Name: | Hirmer Verlag |
| Publisher Name: | Hirmer Verlag |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2021-11-25 |
