South of Pico: African American Artists in Los Angeles in the 1960s and 1970s
This art-history study examines how Black artists in Los Angeles built creative communities and exhibition spaces amid structural racism. It links migration, urban policy, and the Black arts movement.
Work Information
From south of Pico, the map of Los Angeles art history is redrawn.
Centered on Los Angeles in the 1960s and 1970s, the book connects artists such as Betye Saar, Charles White, and Noah Purifoy to broader social history.
Review Summaries
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Reviewers value its rigorous research and breadth. The book is regarded as important for relocating overlooked artists and communities toward the center of art history.
Book Information
- Publisher
- Duke Univ Pr
- Published
- 2017-04-07
- Pages
- 396 pages
- Language
- 英語
- Size
- 14.99 x 3.3 x 22.86 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9780822361640
- ISBN-10
- 0822361647
- Price
- 5564 JPY
- Category
- 洋書/Politics & Social Sciences/Social Sciences/Specific Demographics/African American Studies
Named a Best Art Book of 2017 by the New York Times and Artforum In South of Pico Kellie Jones explores how the artists in Los Angeles's black communities during the 1960s and 1970s created a vibrant, productive, and engaged activist arts scene in the face of structural racism. Emphasizing the importance of African American migration, as well as L.A.'s housing and employment politics, Jones shows how the work of black Angeleno artists such as Betye Saar, Charles White, Noah Purifoy, and Senga Nengudi spoke to the dislocation of migration, L.A.'s urban renewal, and restrictions on black mobility. Jones characterizes their works as modern migration narratives that look to the past to consider real and imagined futures. She also attends to these artists' relationships with gallery and museum culture and the establishment of black-owned arts spaces. With South of Pico , Jones expands the understanding of the histories of black arts and creativity in Los Angeles and beyond.
Kellie Jones, a 2016 recipient of a MacArthur "Genius Grant," is Associate Professor of Art History at Columbia University and the author of several books, including EyeMinded: Living and Writing Contemporary Art , also published by Duke University Press. Jones has curated numerous national and international exhibitions, including Now Dig This! Art and Black Los Angeles, 1960–1980 and Witness: Art and Civil Rights in the Sixties .
Reviews
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South of Pico is a pleasure to read
Such an excellently written and informative work. Ms. Jones writing style flows like a good story while giving the reader a fact laden history. The color plates are awesome. This is one of my now treasured books!
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A Must Read
Ms. Jones is one of the fines writers of our time. Her work and research on topics such as this are meaningful and so helpful in looking at the canon of African Anerican Art in the western world. I was so happy with this book that I purchased a copy for my daughter who is studying fine art and art history in college. Anything that Ms. Jones writes is a must on any real collectors bookshelf. Thank you Ms. Jones!
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Care and attention to book was on full display
This book matched the condition described on Amamon website. Perfect match. And it arrived quickly and was thoughtfully wrapped for protection in a plastic pocket. Really grateful.
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Important Art History
Exciting to have this art and community history to guide a richer future
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Five Stars
Loved it. Very informative about a great era in African American history