A ghost of a chance : invisibility and elision in African American art historical practice

Author

Smalls, James

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Art documentation. 1994, Num. 1, Vol. 13, 3-8

ISSN

0730-7187

Abstract (en)

Surveys African American art history and historiography in the 20th c.; discusses approaches, limitations and problems; comments on significant texts; and deplores the present stagnant state of scholarship, ascribing it in part to the influence of Alain Locke and the formalist approach that he adopted to legitimize African American art. Calls for constructive action to restore urgency and viability to African American art scholarship. Includes a selected bibliography.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1800-1945 -- United States
• Art
• United States
• 1900-2000
• African Americans
• Art history
• Historiography
• Bibliographies
• Locke, Alain Le Roy, 1886-1954
• State of research

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1800-1945 -- États-Unis
• Art
• Etats-Unis
• 1900-2000
• Afro-Américains
• Histoire de l'art
• Historiographie
• Bibliographie
• Locke, Alain Le Roy, 1886-1954
• Etat de la recherche

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19950101-00308766

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