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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté. Image fixe : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Naeem, Asma
Titre(s) : Black out [Texte imprimé] : silhouettes then and now / Asma Naeem ; with contributions by Penley Knipe, Alexander Nemerov, Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw, and Anne Verplanck
Publication : Washington, D.C. ; National portrait gallery Smithsonian insitution ; Princeton ;
Oxford : Princeton university press, copyright 2018
Description matérielle : ix, 181 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
Note(s) : Published to accompany the exhibition Black out : silhouettes then and now at the
National portrait gallery, Smithsonian institution, Washington, D.C. (May 11, 2018-March
10, 2019). - Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-172) and index
"Before the advent of photography in 1839, Americans were consumed by the fashion
for silhouette portraits. Economical in every sense, the small, stark profiles cost
far less than oil paintings and could be made in minutes. Black Out, the first major
publication to focus on the development of silhouettes, gathers leading experts to
shed light on the surprisingly complex historical, political, and social underpinnings
of this ostensibly simple art form. In its examination of portraits by acclaimed silhouettists,
such as Auguste Edouart and William Bache, this richly illustrated volume explores
likenesses of everyone from presidents and celebrities to everyday citizens and enslaved
people. Ultimately, the book reveals how silhouettes registered the paradoxes of the
unstable young nation, roiling with tensions over slavery and political independence.
Primarily tracing the rise of the silhouette in the decades leading up to the Civil
War, Black Out also considers the ubiquity of the genre today, particularly in contemporary
art. Using silhouettes to address such themes as race, identity, and the notion of
the digital self, the four featured living artists--Kara Walker, Kristi Malakoff,
Kumi Yamashita, and Camille Utterback--all take the silhouette to unique and fascinating
new heights. Presenting the distinctly American story behind silhouettes, Black Out
vividly delves into the historical roots and contemporary interpretations of this
evocative, ever popular form of portraiture"--Publisher's description
Autre(s) titre(s) conventionnel(s) : [Exposition. Washington, D.C., National portrait gallery. 2018
/2019
]
Sujet(s) : Silhouettes (art) -- États-Unis -- Histoire
Portraits -- États-Unis -- Histoire
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 069118058X. - ISBN 9780691180588 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb455652570
Notice n° :
FRBNF45565257
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Director's foreword / Kim Sajet ; Introduction / Asma Naeem ; Black out : silhouettes
then and now / Asma Naeem ; Without a trace : the art and life of Martha Ann Honeywell
/ Alexander Nemerov ; "Interesting characters by the lines of their faces" : Moses
Williams's profile portrait silhouettes of Native Americans / Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw
; Shades of black and white : American portrait silhouettes / Penley Knipe ; Catalogue
entries / Anne Verplanck and Asma Naeem.