Defacing history

Author

Wallace, Michele

Document type

Compte rendu d'exposition

Language

English

Source

Art in America. 1990, Num. 12, Vol. 78, 120-129, 184-186, 17 ill. (14 col.)

ISSN

0004-3214

Abstract (en)

Critical review of the recent exhibition, Facing history: the black image in American art, 1710-1940, shown at the Corcoran Gallery, Washington, DC and the Brooklyn Museum, New York. Argues that by focusing on high art and white artists' views of blacks, the exhibition disguises the forcefulness of racism's impact on visual images and misses an opportunity to shed light on the collective racism of American white society. Notes the importance of popular culture images of blacks in reflecting such racist views, and asserts that the absence of such material in this exhibition gives an inaccurate and misleading view of the subject.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1800-1945 -- United States
• Art
• United States
• 1700-2000
• African Americans
• Iconography
• Racism
• Exhibitions
• Brooklyn Museum of Art||New York (NY, USA)
• Corcoran Gallery of Art||Washington, DC (USA)
• Popular culture
• Society

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1800-1945 -- États-Unis
• Art
• Etats-Unis
• 1700-2000
• Afro-Américains
• Iconographie
• Racisme
• Exposition
• Brooklyn Museum of Art||New York (NY, USA)
• Corcoran Gallery of Art||Washington, DC (USA)
• Culture populaire
• Société

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19920701-00426510

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