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Textures : the history and art of Black hair

Title
Textures : the history and art of Black hair / [curators, Dr. Tameka N. Ellington, Dr. Joseph L. Underwood ; editors, Joseph L. Underwood and Tameka N. Ellington].
Publication
  • Kent, Ohio, USA : The KSU Museum ; Munich, Germany : Hirmer, [2020]
  • ©2020

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Additional Authors
  • Ellington, Tameka N.
  • Underwood, Joseph L.
  • Rogers-Lafferty, Sarah
  • Kent State University. Museum, host institution
Alternative Title
History and art of Black hair
Subject
  • Black people in art > Exhibitions
  • Hair in art > Exhibitions
  • Hairdressing of Black people > Social aspects > Exhibitions
  • Hairdressing of Black people > History > Exhibitions
  • Hair > Social aspects
  • Women, Black > Social conditions
  • Hairstyles > Social aspects
  • Hair
  • Secondary sex characteristics
Genre/Form
  • Exhibition catalogs.
  • History.
Note
  • "This book is published on the occasion of the exhibition Textures : the history and art of Black hair, Kent State University Museum, September 10, 2021-August 14, 2022"--Colophon
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-189) and index.
Contents
Foreword/Acknowledgements / Sarah J. Rogers -- The conception of Textures : the history and art of Black hair / Tameka N. Ellington -- Black hair is ... / Lori L. Tharps -- Whose story is it anyway? : Considering Keturah Ariel's "Internal battle" and Black hair / Ingrid Banks -- Combs and curling irons : the psycho-emotional tools for shaping Black hair textures and cultural consciousness / Afiya Mbilishaka -- (The) dead matter / Zoé Samudzi -- Under the lens : photography and Black hair / Joseph L. Underwood -- Community & memory -- Hair politics -- Black joy.
Call Number
Sc F 24-259
ISBN
  • 9783777435541
  • 3777435546
OCLC
1142523105
Title
Textures : the history and art of Black hair / [curators, Dr. Tameka N. Ellington, Dr. Joseph L. Underwood ; editors, Joseph L. Underwood and Tameka N. Ellington].
Publisher
Kent, Ohio, USA : The KSU Museum ; Munich, Germany : Hirmer, [2020]
Copyright Date
©2020
Description
192 pages : illustrations, facsimiles (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-189) and index.
Summary
"Textures synthesizes research in history, fashion, art, and visual culture to reassess the "hair story" of peoples of African descent. Long a fraught topic for African Americans and others in the diaspora, Black hair is here addressed by artists, barbers, and activists in both its historical perceptions and its ramifications for self and society today. Combs, products, and implements from the collection of hair pioneer Willie Morrow are paired here with masterworks from artists like Sonya Clark, Lorna Simpson, Mickalene Thomas, and Alison Saar. Exploring topics such as the preferential treatment of straight hair, the social hierarchies of skin, and the power and politics of display, Textures is a landmark exploration of Black hair and its important, complicated place in the history of African American life and culture."--Google Books
"Artists: Hector Acebes, Derrick Adams, Karo Akpokiere, Deborah Anzinger, Keturah Ariel, April Bey, Charles Bohannah, Margaret Bowland, Nakeya Brown, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, Tawny Chatmon, Sonya Clark, David Driskell, Sarah Duah, Andrew Esiebo, Joseph Eze, Amber Ford, Yrneh Gabon, Olaf Hajek, Nakazzi Hutchinson, Shara K. Johnson, Eric Lafforgue, Annie Lee, Delita Martin, Charlotte Mensah, Lebohang Motaung, Zanele Muholi, Althea Murphy-Price, Nontsikelelo Mutiti, Woodrow Nash, Sharon Norwood, Glenford Nuñez, Charly Palmer, Gordon Parks, Faith Ringgold, Lezley Saar, Augusta Savage, Ngozi Schommers, Devan Shimoyama, Mary Sibande, Lorna Simpson, Nelson Stevens, Ibrahima Thiam, James Van Der Zee, Lina Viktor, Nafis White, Kehinde Wiley, Masa Zodros (and dozens of unidentified artists across African and American people groups)."--Publisher website
Biography
Joseph L. Underwood is assistant professor of art history at KSU. Tameka Ellington is associate professor at the School of Fashion at KSU.
Added Author
Ellington, Tameka N., curator, editor.
Underwood, Joseph L., curator, editor.
Rogers-Lafferty, Sarah, writer of foreword.
Kent State University. Museum, host institution.
Research Call Number
Sc F 24-259
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