Battleground - 9780820360478

University of Georgia Press

BattlegroundAfrican American Art, 1985-2015\nAuthor(s): Celeste-Marie Bernier\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Georgia Press, United States\nImprint: University of Georgia Press\nISBN-13: 9780820360478, 978-0820360478\nSynopsis\nBattleground is the first illustrated history of contemporary African American art. The volume offers an in-depth examination of twenty-five Black artists, discussing their artworks, practices, and philosophies, as expressed in their own words. Celeste-Marie Bernier has done extensive archival work in sources that have not been studied before, and her research provides a foundation for an intellectual and cultural history of contemporary African American artists and art movements from 1990 to the present. The wealth of quoted materialpublished interviews, artist statements, and autobiographical essaysshould inform and inspire additional research in the years to come.\n\nBattleground examines the paintings, drawings, sculptures, and installation, di.