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Anne Anlin Cheng. Second Skin: Josephine Baker & the Modern Surface (Oxford University Press, 2011)

Written by Carla on April 23, 2011 — Leave a Comment

Second Skin: Josephine Baker & the Modern Surface. Anne Anlin Cheng, Oxford University Press, January 2011, 256 pages, hardcover, ISBN13: 9780195387056, $24.95.

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What does a black burlesque star have to do with some of the most enduring and passionate ideas in modern aesthetic theory? The spectacular Josephine Baker emerges in this fascinating untold story as a principal [...]

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Vincent Alan W. The Bangy Book: New Yorker Street Boys (Verlagsgruppe Vis-a-Vis, 1989)

Written by Carla on April 23, 2011 — Leave a Comment

The Bangy Book: New Yorker Street Boys. Vincent Alan W., Verlagsgruppe Vis-a-Vis, 1989, 80 pages, ISBN-13: 978-3924040628.

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Ernest Cole. The Photographer (Steidl & Partners, 2010)

Written by Carla on April 23, 2011 — Leave a Comment

The Photographer. Ernest Cole, Steidl & Partners, October 2010, 272 pages, 120 tritone plates, 27 cm x 29 cm, Hardcover, ISBN: 978-3-86930-137-2
From the publisher:
This book will for the first time enable Ernest Cole to be seen in the perspective of international photography where he surely deserves an honoured place, not simply for his remarkable courage and determination in the [...]

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Eric Waters. The Solemn Sounds of Silence: A New Orleans Metaphor (Mason Murer Fine Art, 2010)

Written by Carla on April 23, 2011 — Leave a Comment

The Solemn Sounds of Silence: A New Orleans Metaphor. Photographs by Eric Waters. Poetry by Kevin Sipp,  Mason Murer Fine Art, 2010, $40.00.
I couldn’t find any more information about this publication (and that’s not the cover—I can’t find an image of it but that is one of the works from an [...]

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Charmaine Nelson, Ebony Roots, Northern Soil: Perspectives on Blackness in Canada (Cambridge & Scholars, 2010)

Written by Carla on April 23, 2011 — Leave a Comment

Ebony Roots, Northern Soil: Perspectives on Blackness in Canada. Charmaine Nelson, Cambridge & Scholars, December 2010, isbn13: 978-1-4438-2564-1.
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Ebony Roots, Northern Soil is a powerful and timely collection of critical essays exploring the experiences, histories and cultural engagements of black Canadians. Drawing from postcolonial, critical race and black feminist theory, this innovative anthology brings [...]

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  • Taking a Break February 6, 2012
    Site visitors will probably notice that I haven’t updated here frequently. I am taking a break from my site(s) for at least the summer. I’ve been working in this field for 25 years and I’m burned out on photography and art, the site(s) are in need of major updates/ revamping/ retooling, social media is exhausting, [...] […]
  • What if there were no more art galleries? February 6, 2012
    6×6 – An Art Version of a Music Festival ABOUT THIS PROJECT What is 6×6? Beginning on September 8, 2011, our roaming gallery Baang and Burne Contemporary will present 6×6, (six by six) a series of six, back to back, one week only art exhibitions in New York City. 6×6 was created by artists, for artists. Essentially 6×6, is [.. […]
  • The Stoop Gallery Call for Submissions February 6, 2012
    The Stoop Gallery is currently accepting submissions for the upcoming show date and theme: Art. Science. Body: How art and science merge to create identity narratives. July 30, 2011 This week, Psychology Today published an article focusing on why African American women are less physically attractive than other women. The methodology of the research was not m […]