Author : Grey Gundaker,Judith McWillie
Publisher : Univ. of Tennessee Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Art
ISBN : 1572333561
No Space Hidden by Grey Gundaker,Judith McWillie Pdf
"Focusing primarily, though not exclusively, on the southeastern United States, the book examines works ranging from James Hampton's well-known Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations Millennium General Assembly (now part of the Smithsonian collection), to several elaborately decorated yards and gardens, to smaller-scale acts of commemoration, protection, and witness. The authors show how the artful arrangement and adornment of everyday objects and plants express both the makers' own experiences and concerns and a number of rich and sustaining cultural traditions. They identify a "lexicon" of material signs that are frequently and consistently used in African American culture and art and then show how such elements have been used in various individual works and what they mean to the practitioners themselves."--BOOK JACKET.