Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power

by Mark Godfrey

Book Overview

African American art in the era of Malcolm X and the Black Panthers

In the period of radical change that was 1963-83, young black artists at the beginning of their careers confronted difficult questions about art, politics and racial identity. How to make art that would stand as innovative, original, formally and materially complex, while also making work that reflected their concerns and experience as black Americans?

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1942884176
• ISBN13: 9781942884170
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: Distributed Art Publishers (DAP)
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 3.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.6" x 10.7"