{"product_id":"the-theater-of-refusal-black-art-and-mainstream-criticism-paperback","title":"The Theater of Refusal: Black Art and Mainstream Criticism - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRhea Anastas\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eCharles Gaines\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eJamillah James\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUpdated documentation of \u003ci\u003eThe Theater of Refusal\u003c\/i\u003e on the exhibition's 30th anniversary\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1993, at the University of California, Irvine, Charles Gaines and Catherine Lord mounted a category-breaking exhibition of Black artists from different generations, working across Fluxus, Conceptualism, assemblage, photography and installation. Challenging the racializing of Black artists' work, the exhibition confronted the discourse around race difference in the United States by including excerpts of writing by art critics who had discussed the featured artists. On the 30th anniversary of this event, this publication reprints the eponymous 1993 volume documenting the show, which contained essays by Gaines, Lord and Berger, and the transcript of a roundtable of artists and writers. Reproducing images of the exhibition in color for the first time, this new edition augments the original publication with an essay by poet and scholar Fred Moten; recent conversations between Lord and Gaines; an interview with Gaines by Moten; and a new roundtable discussion moderated and edited by curator Jamillah James and Thomas (T.) Jean Lax.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eArtists include: \u003c\/b\u003e Jean-Michel Basquiat, Renée Green, David Hammons, Ben Patterson, Sandra Rowe, Gary Simmons, Lorna Simpson, Carrie Mae Weems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.39 x 10.87 x 8.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 24, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755511087392,"sku":"9781954947108","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/51c7bee7eb843855034d9e69a0f2cd4a.webp?v=1780061057","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-theater-of-refusal-black-art-and-mainstream-criticism-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}