Romare Bearden in the Homeland of His Imagination Romare Bearden in the Homeland of His Imagination
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Romare Bearden in the Homeland of His Imagination

An Artist's Reckoning with the South

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Publisher Description

Romare Bearden (1911–1988), one of the most prolific, original, and acclaimed American artists of the twentieth century, richly depicted scenes and figures rooted in the American South and the Black experience. Bearden hailed from North Carolina but was forced to relocate to the North when a white mob harassed his family in the 1910s. His family story is a compelling, complicated saga of Black middle-class achievement in the face of relentless waves of white supremacy. It is also a narrative of the generational trauma that slavery and racism inflicted over decades. But as Glenda Gilmore reveals in this trenchant reappraisal of Bearden's life and art, his work reveals his deep imagination, extensive training, and rich knowledge of art history.

Gilmore explores four generations of Bearden's family and highlights his experiences in North Carolina, Pittsburgh, and Harlem. She engages deeply with Bearden's art and considers it as an alternative archive that offers a unique perspective on the history, memory, and collective imagination of Black southerners who migrated to the North. In doing so, she revises and deepens our appreciation of Bearden's place in the artistic canon and our understanding of his relationship to southern, African American, and American cultural and social history.

GENRE
Arts & Entertainment
RELEASED
2022
March 10
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
176
Pages
PUBLISHER
The University of North Carolina Press
SELLER
Ingram DV LLC
SIZE
22.5
MB
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