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Art on My Mind
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The canonical work of cultural criticism by the “profoundly influential critic” (Artnet), in a beautiful thirtieth-anniversary edition, featuring a new foreword by esteemed visual artist Mickalene Thomas
“Sharp and persuasive.” —The New York Times Book Review on the original publication of Art on My Mind
bell hooks has been “instrumental in cracking open the white, western canon for Black artists” (Artnet), with searing essays complemented by conversations with Carrie Mae Weems, Emma Amos, Margo Humphrey, and LaVerne Wells-Bowie. Featuring full-color artwork from giants such as Jean-Michel Basquiat, Lorna Simpson, and Alison Saar, Art on My Mind “examines the way race, sex and class shape who makes art, how it sells and who values it” (The New York Times), while questioning how art can be instrumental for Black liberation. In doing so, hooks urges us to unravel the forces of oppression that colonize our imaginations.
With a new foreword from acclaimed contemporary artist Mickalene Thomas, this thirtieth-anniversary edition passes the torch to a new generation of artists, capturing hooks’s simple yet evergreen affirmation: art matters—it is a life force in the struggle for freedom. Art on My Mind is essential reading for anyone looking to find lessons on liberation and creativity in the world of color—the free world of art.
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“An incredible collection of writing about the history of art, and more importantly the way black bodies and artists are included (or excluded) in that history. bell hooks is a terrific writer and sparks good conversation about contemporary art and the direction it needs to go”
“incisive!! dense!!! loved the variety of art she discusses. adore her insights.”
“4.5 stars! absolutely brilliant. so many incredible ideas presented on different mediums of art including painting, drawing, photography and architecture, as well as art criticism, exhibition, and ownership. i personally will be taking hooks' theories of the poetics of space, oppositional aesthetics, cultural appropriation, and subjugated knowledge with me in my future endeavours in the art world. my personal favourite pieces were 'in our glory: photography and black life', 'facing difference: the black female body', 'talking art as the spirit moves us', 'beauty laid bare: aesthetics in the ordinary', 'women artists: the creative process', 'being the subject of art', 'workers for artistic freedom', and 'black vernacular: architecture as cultural practice'. this took me much longer to read than i had anticipated, mostly because it is very dense. the only reason this is not 5 stars is because some of the essays, particularly those regarding a specific artist's work, were just too theoretically complex for me. also i get what people are saying about the buzzwords- i would be very happy if i never have to read the word 'counterhegemonic' again.”
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