Bearing Witness: Contemporary Works By African American Women Artists

Robinson, Jontyle Theresa

New York: Rizzoli, 1996. Hardbound. Blue cloth with bluish color illustrated dust jacket, Brodart cover. 176 pp. Profusely illustrated in color. NF/VG. Sticker remnant on mylar, price sticker on front flap. Beautifully clean and tight. Item #101546
ISBN: 9780847819621

features works by twenty-four prominent, contemporary African American women including Howardena Pindell, Betye and Alison Saar, Faith Ringgold, Carrie MaeWeems, Elizabeth Catlett, Rachelle Puryear, and native Texan Jean Lacy. The approximately 50 works in the exhibition, ranging from the Haitian vévé paintings of Lois Mailou Jones to the gripping contemporary photographic essays of Carrie Mae Weems, chronicle the contributions of four generations of African American women artists. Through prints, drawings, mixed-media installations, and sculpture , these artists explore issues of gender, ethnicity, religion, and history - topics pertinent to all people, and to African American women in particular.