Black Out - Silhouettes Then and Now

Primarily tracing the rise of the silhouette in the decades leading up to the Civil War, Black Out also considers the ubiquity of the genre today, particularly in contemporary art. Using silhouettes to address such themes as race, identity, and the notion of the digital self, the four featured living artists--Kara Walker, Kristi Malakoff, Kumi Yamashita, and Camille Utterback - all take the silhouette to unique and fascinating new heights. Presenting the distinctly American story behind silhouettes, Black Out vividly delves into the historical roots and contemporary interpretations of this evocative, ever popular form of portraiture.

Info autore

Asma Naeem
With contributions by Penley Knipe, Alexander Nemerov, Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw & Anne Verplanck

Riassunto

"National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. in association with Princeton University Press, Princeton and Oxford".

Relazione

"Black Out explores the history and resurgence of the silhouette in America, and traces its political, social, and artisanal roots. Unfolding the silhouette's paradoxes and complexities, this book presents groundbreaking work on silhouettes, including essentially unknown artists, significant original content, and revelatory interpretations."--Jennifer L. Roberts, author of Transporting Visions: The Movement of Images in Early America

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Asma Naeem
• Editore: Princeton University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 05.06.2018
• EAN: 9780691180588
• ISBN: 978-0-691-18058-8
• Pagine: 192
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Storia dell'arte; ART / Subjects & Themes / Portraits, ART / American / General, ART / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, History of Art, History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -, Exhibition catalogues & specific collections, Portraits in art, Portraits and self-portraiture in art, ART / History / 20th & 21st Century, ART / Movements / Modernism