Witness : Art and Civil Rights in the Sixties

A. Carbone, Teresa; A. Young, Cynthia; H. Choi, Connie; Jones, Kelly; Scruggs, Dalila. Witness : Art and Civil Rights in the Sixties. New York, New York: The Monacelli Press; Brooklyn, NY: Brooklyn Museum, 2014.

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Abstract (English)

Marking the fiftieth anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, this book, accompanying an exhibition organized by the Brooklyn Museum, presents more than a hundred powerful art works to demonstrate the array of aesthetic strategies through which 1960s artists engaged in the struggle for racial justice. -- Back cover.

Types:	Catalogues > Exhibition catalogues
All Contributors:	A. Carbone, Teresa (Author); A. Young, Cynthia (Author); H. Choi, Connie (Author); Jones, Kelly (Author); Scruggs, Dalila (Author)
Dossier:	360 - BROOKLYN MUSEUM OF ART (Brooklyn, NY)
Collation:	176 pages : colour illustrations ; 29 cm
ISBN:	9781580933902
Language of Publication:	English
Publishers:	New York, New York: The Monacelli Press; Brooklyn, NY: Brooklyn Museum
Artists:	Alston, Charles; Bearden, Romare; Bowling, Frank; Chase-Riboud, Barbara; Edwards, Melvin; Jaramillo, Virginia; Olugebefola, Ademola; Polksmith, Leon; W. Lewis, Norman; W. White, Charles; [et alii]
Critics / Curators / Historians:	A. Carbon, Teresa; A. Young, Cynthia; H. Choi, Connie; Jones, Kellie; Scruggs, Dalila
Event Title:	Witness : Art and Civil Rights in the Sixties
Type:	Exhibition
Location:	Brooklyn Museum (Brooklyn, New-York); Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College (Hanover, New Hampshire); The Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin (Austin, Texas)
Dates:	7 March - July 7 2014 (Brooklyn); 30 August - 21 December 2014 (New Hampshire); 8 February - 10 May 2015 (Austin)
Keywords:	ART AND SOCIETY; SIXTIES; CIVIL RIGHTS; PROTEST; ART AND SOCIETY; ACTIVISM; SOCIAL CHANGE; RACIAL JUSTICE
Copyright Statement:	Brooklyn Museum
Notes:	Includes bibliographical notes : pages 162-166. Includes a bibliography : pages 167-170. Includes an Index : pages 172-176.
Deposited by:	Intern Stagiaire
Date Deposited:	26 Mar 2021 15:05
Last Modified:	29 Mar 2021 16:04
URI:	http://e-artexte.ca/id/eprint/32523

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