The Theater of Refusal: Black Art and Mainstream Criticism

by Rhea Anastas

Updated documentation of The Theater of Refusal on the exhibition's 30th anniversary

In 1993, at the University of California, Irvine, Charles Gaines and Catherine Lord mounted a category-breaking exhibition of Black artists from different generations, working across Fluxus, Conceptualism, assemblage, photography and installation. Challenging the racializing of Black artists' work, the exhibition confronted the discourse...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1954947100
• ISBN13: 9781954947108
• Release Date: August 2024
• Publisher: Dancing Foxes Press
• Length: 208 Pages