Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Sims, Lowery Stokes
2. Sims, Patterson
3. Rodney, Seph
4. Grounds for Sculpture, organizer, host institution, issuing body, publisher.

Description

1. 178 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), photographs; 28 cm

Summary

1. The most comprehensive publication available to date on the work of Baltimore-based, African American artist Joyce J. Scott (born 1948), this beautiful monograph features more than 60 works from the last 45 years, including 12 new pieces based upon Harriet Tubman. Exploring subjects of representation, politics and topical events involving African Americans and oppressed people worldwide, 'Joyce J. Scott: Harriet Tubman and Other Truths' showcases the beauty of Scott's art, mastery of her materials and provocative worldviews. Essays by co-curators Lowery Stokes Sims and Patterson Sims, an interview with the artist and commentary by Seph Rodney provide rich narrative and context. Exhibition: Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, USA (20.10.2017-01.04.2018).

Uniform title

1. Works. Selections.

Alternative title

1. Works.
2. Harriet Tubman and other truths

Subject

1. Scott, Joyce, 1948- > Criticism and interpretation
2. Scott, Joyce, 1948- > Themes, motives
3. Textile crafts > United States > 20th century > Exhibitions
4. Textile crafts > United States > 21st century > Exhibitions
5. Scott, Joyce, 1948- > Exhibitions
6. Quilts in art > Exhibitions
7. African American sculpture > 20th century > Exhibitions
8. African American women artists > 20th century > Exhibitions
9. African American women artists > 21st century > Exhibitions
10. Beads in art > Exhibitions
11. Blacks in art > Exhibitions
12. Black author
13. Sculpture, Modern > 20th century > Exhibitions
14. Exhibition catalogs
15. Tubman, Harriet, 1822-1913 > In art
16. Sculpture, Modern > 21st century > Exhibitions
17. African American sculpture > 21st century > Exhibitions

Genre/Form

1. Exhibition catalogs.

Contents

1. Director's Foreword / Gary Garrido Schneider -- Joyce J. Scott: Art/Life / Patterson Sims -- Plates -- Another Kind of Open / Seph Rodney -- Chronicle of an Installation: Harriet's Closet / Lowery Stokes Sims -- Joyce J. Scott in Conversation with Lowery Stokes Sims -- Artist's Biography, Exhibition History, and Selected Bibliography -- Exhibition Checklist -- Photography Credits -- 'Liz as Harriet' / Joyce J. Scott.

Call number

1. Sc F 18-147

Note

1. Catalog of an exhibition held at Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, New Jersey, October 20, 2017-April 1, 2018.
2. Includes an interview with the artist, conducted by Lowery Stokes Sims.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references.

Language (note)

1. Text in English.

Author

1. Scott, Joyce, 1948- artist, interviewee.

Title

1. Joyce J. Scott : Harriet Tubman and other truths / Lowery Stokes Sims, Patterson Sims, Seph Rodney.

Publisher

1. Hamilton, New Jersey : Grounds for Sculpture [2018]

Copyright date

1. ©2018.

Type of content

1. text
2. still image

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references.

Event

1. "Joyce J. Scott: Harriet Tubman and Other Truths" : October 20, 2017-April 1, 2018, Grounds For Sculpture, Hamilton, New Jersey, United States.

Language

1. Text in English.

Local subject

1. Black author.

Place of publication

1. United States New Jersey Hamilton.

Added author

1. Sims, Lowery Stokes, author, interviewer.
2. Sims, Patterson, author.
3. Rodney, Seph, author.
4. Grounds for Sculpture, organizer, host institution, issuing body, publisher.

ISBN

1. 9780966564488 (paperback)
2. 0966564480 (paperback)

Research call number

1. Sc F 18-147