Curated by Asmaa Walton, this display features a selection from the Black Art Library. Born from Walton’s desire to create a tactile means for communities to engage with Black artists and Black art history, the library highlights the rich legacy of Black art, aesthetics, and history.
APRIL - MAY 2024
List of books included in the display:
Home: Contemporary Urban Images By Black Photographers. New York: Studio Museum in Harlem, 1990.
Black Male: Representations of Masculinity in Contemporary American Art, Thelma Golden. New York: Harry N. Abrams Inc., 1995.
The Black Man in Art, Rena Neumann Cohen. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications Co., 1970.
The Hair Craft Project, Sonya Clark. Richmond: Published by the author, 2015.
Detroit Collects African Art. Detroit: Detroit Institute of Arts, 1977.
Songs Of My People: African Americans - A Self Portrait. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1992.
Reflections in Black - A History of Black Photographers, 1840 to the Present, Deborah Willis. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2002.
The Culture: Hip Hop & Contemporary Art in the 21st Century. New York: Gregory R. Miller & Co., 2023.
Deana Lawson: An Aperture Monograph. New York: Aperture Foundation, 2018.