Grime, Glitter, and Glass - The Body and the Sonic in Contemporary Black Art

Focusing on the art of Renée Stout, Radcliffe Bailey, and María Magdalena Campos-Pons, Nikki A. Greene examines how Black visual artists use sonic elements to refigure the formal and philosophical developments of Black art and culture.

List of contents

List of Illustrations  vii
Acknowledgments  xiii
Prelude. The Cadences of Black Art  1
Verse One. Renée Stout. Fetishes
Fetish #2  20
I Can Heal  54
Point of View  68
Verse Two. Radcliffe Bailey. Soundscapes
Pullman  84
Transbluesency  104
Windward Coast  120
Verse Three. María Magdalena Campos-Pons. Identities
Habla Iamadre  137
Alchemy of the Soul  164
Identified  186
Coda. Drawn to this Blackness  197
Notes  211
Bibliography  233
Index

About the author

Nikki A. Greene is Associate Professor of Art History at Wellesley College.

Summary

Focusing on the art of Renée Stout, Radcliffe Bailey, and María Magdalena Campos-Pons, Nikki A. Greene examines how Black visual artists use sonic elements to refigure the formal and philosophical developments of Black art and culture.

Product details

• Authors: Nikki A Greene, Nikki A. Greene
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.2024
• EAN: 9781478026341
• ISBN: 978-1-4780-2634-1
• No. of pages: 277
• Series: The Visual Arts of Africa and its Diasporas
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history