How to See a Work of Art in Total Darkness

by Darby English

Book Overview

Going beyond the 'blackness' of black art to examine the integrative and interdisciplinary practices of Kara Walker, Fred Wilson, Isaac Julien, Glenn Ligon, and William Pope.L--five contemporary black artists in whose work race plays anything but a defining role.

Work by black artists today is almost uniformly understood in terms of its "blackness," with audiences often expecting or requiring it to "represent" the race. In How to See a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262514931
• ISBN13: 9780262514934
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher