In 2001, Freestyle, a survey exhibition curated by Thelma Golden at the Studio Museum in Harlem, introduced both a young generation of artists of African descent and the ambitious yet knowingly opaque term post-black to a pre 9-11 and pre-Obama world. In Taking Stakes in the Unknown, Nana Adusei-Poku contextualizes the term post-black in its socio-historical and cultural context. Whilst exploring its present legacy and past potential, she examines works by artists who were defined as part of the post-black generation: Mark Bradford, Leslie Hewitt, Mickalene Thomas and Hank Willis Thomas - and, by expanding the scope of the definition, the Black German artist Philip Metz.
| ISBN: | 9783837652949 |
| Publication date: | 2nd December 2021 |
| Author: | Nana AduseiPoku |
| Publisher: | Transcript an imprint of transcript |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 215 pages |
| Series: | Image |
| Genres: |
Theory of art The arts: general topics History of art National liberation and independence Cultural studies Gender studies, gender groups |