{"product_id":"whitewalling-art-race-protest-in-3-acts-paperback","title":"Whitewalling: Art, Race \u0026 Protest in 3 Acts - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAruna D'Souza\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn exploratory case study in institutional racism as it has manifested in the New York City art world\" --\u003ci\u003eBrooklyn Rail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2017, the Whitney Biennial included a painting by a white artist, Dana Schutz, of the lynched body of a young black child, Emmett Till. In 1979, anger brewed over a show at New York's Artists Space entitled \u003ci\u003eThe Nigger Drawings\u003c\/i\u003e. In 1969, the Metropolitan Museum of Art's exhibition \u003ci\u003eHarlem on My Mind\u003c\/i\u003e did not include a single work by a black artist. In all three cases, black artists and writers and their allies organized vigorous responses using the only forum available to them: public protest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhitewalling: Art, Race \u0026amp; Protest in 3 Acts\u003c\/i\u003e reflects on these three incidents in the long and troubled history of art and race in America. It lays bare how the art world--no less than the country at large--has persistently struggled with the politics of race, and the ways this struggle has influenced how museums, curators and artists wrestle with notions of free speech and the specter of censorship. \u003ci\u003eWhitewalling\u003c\/i\u003e takes a critical and intimate look at these three \"acts\" in the history of the American art scene and asks: when we speak of artistic freedom and the freedom of speech, who, exactly, is free to speak?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAruna D'Souza\u003c\/b\u003e writes about modern and contemporary art, food and culture; intersectional feminisms and other forms of politics; how museums shape our views of each other and the world; and books. Her work appears regularly in \u003ci\u003e4Columns.org\u003c\/i\u003e, where she is a member of the editorial advisory board, as well as in publications including the \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eARTnews\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGarage\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBookforum\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMomus\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eArt Practical\u003c\/i\u003e. D'Souza is the editor of the forthcoming \u003ci\u003eMaking it Modern: A Linda Nochlin Reader\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 22, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769832014112,"sku":"9781943263141","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a30016b533e82220b5a682e05158a105.webp?v=1780357909","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/whitewalling-art-race-protest-in-3-acts-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}