",,, encompasses several movements that saw the first full-scale flowering of the visual, literary and performing creativity of African Americans: the Harlem Renaissance, the WPA era and the formative years of Abstract Expressionism."--Page 6.

Catalog of an exhibition held at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, June 9-Aug. 20, 2006.

A dynamic look at the vast creative production of contemporary women artists from around the globe A celebration of the work of women artists of color, this book explores the ways in which struggles for freedom and equality are deeply intertwined with shared feminist practices, art techniques and movements, and the notion of diaspora through the extraordinary collection of social activist and patron Eileen Harris Norton. Featuring work by Sonia Boyce, Maya Lin, Julie Mehretu, Shirin Neshat, Adrian Piper, Faith Ringgold, Kara Walker, Carrie Mae Weems, and many others, All These Liberations draws out the intimate connections among artist, collector, and the social worlds that surround them. For nearly five decades, Harris Norton has championed both artists and curators of color, helping to reshape museum practice and the surrounding art market. Essays in this volume by art historians and curators address vital political, social, and personal issues, as well as topics such as spirituality, domestic life, memory and historical trauma, the body, intimacy, power dynamics, and violence toward women. The book also features an interview with Harris Norton by Thelma Golden, director and chief curator at the Studio Museum in Harlem; a foreword by artist Lorna Simpson; and a roundtable conversation among leaders in the art world discussing Harris Norton's impact on their careers and on the careers of contemporary women artists globally. Distributed for Marquand Books

A volume on Stuart Davis, an American artist of the 20th century. He forged a personal and varied iconography inspired by the upheaval of the city, the tranquility of the seaside, industry and the automobile, cafe society, sports, jazz music and his year-long stay in Paris.

The most comprehensive publication available to date on the artwork of MacArthur `Genius¿ Fellow, Joyce J. Scott, this beautiful volume features more than 50 works from the last 45 years¿drawn from private and public collections as well as the artist¿s own holdings. Also included are 12 new works based upon Harriet Tubman that were especially commissioned and created for the artists¿ 2017-2018 exhibition entitled Joyce J. Scott: Harriet Tubman and Other Truths at noted NJ sculpture park and museum, Grounds For Sculpture. The exhibition is guest co-curated by Lowery Stokes Sims and Patterson Sims (no relation).The publication includes scholarly essays by distinguished curators Lowery Stokes Sims and Patterson Sims, as well as a commentary by Seph Rodney, whose fresh voice offers focus on issues of representation, politics, and artistic practice in the context of contemporary events involving African American and other oppressed and challenged people around the world. The book presents new information on the art and politics of this important 21st century artist, the lineage of master crafts people from which she descends, and provides visually seductive evidence of her artistic collaborations with master glassblowers in Murano Italy and Baltimore, MD, as well as with The Seward Johnson Atelier and Digital Atelier. More than 75 plates are included.