9781478001409-1478001402-Art for People's Sake: Artists and Community in Black Chicago, 1965-1975

Art for People's Sake: Artists and Community in Black Chicago, 1965-1975

ISBN-13: 9781478001409
ISBN-10: 1478001402
Edition: Illustrated
Author: Rebecca Zorach
Publication date: 2019
Publisher: Duke University Press Books
Format: Paperback 416 pages
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ISBN-13: 9781478001409
ISBN-10: 1478001402
Edition: Illustrated
Author: Rebecca Zorach
Publication date: 2019
Publisher: Duke University Press Books
Format: Paperback 416 pages

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Art for People's Sake: Artists and Community in Black Chicago, 1965-1975 (ISBN-13: 9781478001409 and ISBN-10: 1478001402), written by authors Rebecca Zorach, was published by Duke University Press Books in 2019. With an overall rating of 4.1 stars, it's a notable title among other Criticism (Arts History & Criticism, History, State & Local, United States History) books. You can easily purchase or rent Art for People's Sake: Artists and Community in Black Chicago, 1965-1975 (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Criticism books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $1.03.

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In the 1960s and early 1970s, Chicago witnessed a remarkable flourishing of visual arts associated with the Black Arts Movement. From the painting of murals as a way to reclaim public space and the establishment of independent community art centers to the work of the AFRICOBRA collective and Black filmmakers, artists on Chicago's South and West Sides built a vision of art as service to the people. In Art for People's Sake Rebecca Zorach traces the little-told story of the visual arts of the Black Arts Movement in Chicago, showing how artistic innovations responded to decades of racist urban planning that left Black neighborhoods sites of economic depression, infrastructural decay, and violence. Working with community leaders, children, activists, gang members, and everyday people, artists developed a way of using art to help empower and represent themselves. Showcasing the depth and sophistication of the visual arts in Chicago at this time, Zorach demonstrates the crucial role of aesthetics and artistic practice in the mobilization of Black radical politics during the Black Power era.

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