{"product_id":"dawoud-bey-elegy-hardcover","title":"Dawoud Bey: Elegy - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDawoud Bey\u003c\/b\u003e (Photographer), \u003cb\u003eValerie Cassel Oliver\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLeronn P. Brooks\u003c\/b\u003e (Text by (Art\/Photo Books))\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDawoud Bey focuses on the landscape to create a portrait of the early African American presence in the United States.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRenowned for his Harlem street scenes and expressive portraits, Dawoud Bey continues his ongoing series on African American history. \u003ci\u003eElegy\u003c\/i\u003e brings together Bey's three landscape series to date--\u003ci\u003eNight Coming Tenderly, Black \u003c\/i\u003e (2017); \u003ci\u003eIn This Here Place \u003c\/i\u003e (2021); and \u003ci\u003eStony the Road\u003c\/i\u003e (2023)--elucidating the deep historical memory still embedded in the geography of the United States. Bey takes viewers to the historic Richmond Slave Trail in Virginia, where Africans were marched onto auction blocks; to the plantations of Louisiana, where they labored; and along the last stages of the Underground Railroad in Ohio, where fugitives sought self-emancipation. Essays by the exhibition's curator, Valerie Cassel Oliver, and scholars LeRonn P. Brooks, Imani Perry, and Christina Sharpe illuminate the work. By interweaving these bodies of work into an elegy in three movements, Bey doesn't merely evoke history, he retells it through historically grounded images that challenge viewers to go beyond seeing and imagine lived experiences. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCopublished by Aperture and Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 12.2 x 11.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 12, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51764621607200,"sku":"9781597115643","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/950215991cd75c1280fc33dc66b3d461.webp?v=1780253771","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/dawoud-bey-elegy-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}