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Romare Bearden in the Homeland of His Imagination: An Artist's Reckoning with the South (A Ferris and Ferris Book) by Glenda Elizabeth, author Gilmore is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Romare Bearden in the Homeland of His Imagination: An Artist's Reckoning with the South (A Ferris and Ferris Book) about?

Romare Bearden (1911–1988), one of the most prolific, original, and acclaimed American artists of the twentieth century, richly depicted scenes and figures rooted in the American South and the Black experience. Bearden hailed from North Carolina but was forced to relocate to the North when a white mob harassed his family in the 1910s. His family story is a compelling, complicated saga of Black middle-class achievement in the face of relentless waves of white supremacy. It is also a narrative of the generational trauma that slavery and racism inflicted over decades. But as Glenda Gilmore reveals in this trenchant reappraisal of Bearden's life and art, his work reveals his deep imagination, extensive training, and rich knowledge of art history. Gilmore explores four generations of Bearden's family and highlights his experiences in North Carolina, Pittsburgh, and Harlem. She engages deeply with Bearden's art and considers it as an alternative archive that offers a unique perspective on the history, memory, and collective imagination of Black southerners who migrated to the North. In doing so, she revises and deepens our appreciation of Bearden's place in the artistic canon and our und

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Author
Glenda Elizabeth, author Gilmore
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Published
2022
Language
EN
ISBN
9781469667867
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Art, Sociology, Fiction

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