{"product_id":"creating-their-own-image-the-history-of-african-american-women-artists-paperback","title":"Creating Their Own Image: The History of African-American Women Artists - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLisa E. Farrington\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCreating Their Own Image\u003c\/em\u003e marks the first comprehensive history of African-American women artists, from slavery to the present day. Using an analysis of stereotypes of Africans and African-Americans in western art and culture as a springboard, Lisa E. Farrington here richly details hundreds of important works--many of which deliberately challenge these same identity myths, of the carnal Jezebel, the asexual Mammy, the imperious Matriarch--in crafting a portrait of artistic creativity unprecedented in its scope and ambition. In these lavishly illustrated pages, some of which feature images never before published, we learn of the efforts of Elizabeth Keckley, fashion designer to Mary Todd Lincoln; the acclaimed sculptor Edmonia Lewis, internationally renowned for her neoclassical works in marble; and the artist Nancy Elizabeth Prophet and her innovative teaching techniques. We meet Laura Wheeler Waring who portrayed women of color as members of a socially elite class in stark\u003cbr\u003econtrast to the prevalent images of compliant maids, impoverished malcontents, and exotics \"others\" that proliferated in the inter-war period. We read of the painter Barbara Jones-Hogu's collaboration on the famed \u003cem\u003eWall of Respect\u003c\/em\u003e, even as we view a rare photograph of Hogu in the process of painting the mural. Farrington expertly guides us through the fertile period of the Harlem Renaissance and the \"New Negro Movement,\" which produced an entirely new crop of artists who consciously imbued their work with a social and political agenda, and through the tumultuous, explosive years of the civil rights movement. Drawing on revealing interviews with numerous contemporary artists, such as Betye Saar, Faith Ringgold, Nanette Carter, Camille Billops, Xenobia Bailey, and many others, the second half of \u003cem\u003eCreating Their Own Image\u003c\/em\u003e probes more recent stylistic developments, such as abstraction, conceptualism, and post-modernism, never losing sight of the struggles and challenges that have\u003cbr\u003econsistently influenced this body of work. Weaving together an expansive collection of artists, styles, and periods, Farrington argues that for centuries African-American women artists have created an alternative vision of how women of color can, are, and might be represented in American culture. From utilitarian objects such as quilts and baskets to a wide array of fine arts, \u003cem\u003eCreating Their Own Image\u003c\/em\u003e serves up compelling evidence of the fundamental human need to convey one's life, one's emotions, one's experiences, on a canvas of one's own making.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLisa E. Farrington\u003c\/strong\u003e is Chairperson and Professor in the Department of Art \u0026amp; Music at John Jay College. Her books include \u003cem\u003eFaith Ringgold\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eArt on Fire: The Politics of Race and Sex in the Paintings of Faith Ringgold\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 10.8 x 7.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 31, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47457405599997,"sku":"9780199767601","price":143.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/QjZJY1ZWRDRVTjZVaC9jSTZtWXZGdz09.webp?v=1777237576","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/creating-their-own-image-the-history-of-african-american-women-artists-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}