editors, Connie Rogers Tilton and Lindsay Charlwood ; essays, Steve Cannon ... [and others] ; photographic contributions, Bruce W. Talamon and Harry Drinkwater
423 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 x 28 cm
ISBNs
9781427613745, 1427613745
OCLC
ocn630506212
Accompanies exhibitions of the same name held at Tilton Gallery, New York, N.Y., Oct. 20-Nov. 25, 2006, and at Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, Calif., June 30-July 28, 2007.
Includes bibliographical references.
Black art west: thoughts on art in Los Angeles / Kellie Jones -- Het-Heru: looking back forward at the emergence of an Amer-i-can - A-free-ka-n (Afrikan-American) aesthetic - an A-free-ka-n centered discourse in the key of G / Greg Pitts (Angaza Het-Heru) -- Brockman Gallery / Dale Davis -- Can you dig it? : signifying race in David Hammons' Spade series / Tobias Wolford -- Some thoughts / Josine Ianco-Starrels -- The last time I heard David Hammons / Steve Cannon -- John Outterbridge: excerpts from African American artists of Los Angeles: the oral history program of the University of California, Los Angeles, 1989-1990 / edited by Connie Rogers Tilton and Lindsay Charlwood -- 66 signs of neon and the transformative art of Noah Purifoy / Yael Lipschutz -- Betye Saar: excerpts from African American artists of Los Angeles: the oral history program of the University of California, Los Angeles, 1990-1991 / Artists: Ed Bereal, Wallace Berman, Nathaniel Bustion, Alonzo Davis, Dale Davis, Charles Dickson, Melvin Edwards, George Herms, Daniel LaRue Johnson, Edward Kienholz, Senga Nengudi, Joe Ray, John Riddle, Kenzi Shiokava, Timothy Washington, Stanley C. Wilson -- L.A. object and David Hammons body prints -- Exhibition checklist