Bearing Witness / Contemporary Works By African American Women Artists
(Jontyle Theresa Robinson)
This book provides coverage of an exhibit of 60 pieces of art by black
women which first appeared at Spelman College in 1996. The pieces in
the exhibit ranged from paintings to large sculptures. Jontyle Theresa
Robinson was the curator for the exhibit, which traveled to a series of
locations around the United States, following its stay at Spelman.
(Spelman enjoys a special place in higher education in the United
States. It?s a leading women?s college, one of the most famous of the
historically black schools in the country. The exhibit was housed in
the Spelman College Museum, housed in the Cosby Academic Building,
while it was on campus.) The artists whose work was on display
in the exhibit were the following: Amalia Amaki, Emma Amos, Beverly
Buchanan, Nanette Carter, Elizabeth Catlett, Maren Hassinger, Charnelle
Holloway, Freida High, Varnette P. Honeywood, Lois Mailou Jones,
Stephanie Johnson, Jean Lacy, Valerie Maynard, Howardena Pindell,
Stephanie Pogue, Debra Priestley, Rachelle Puryear, Barbara Chase
Riboud, Faith Ringgold, Alison Saar, Betye Saar, Joyce J. Scott, Lorna
Simpson, Carrie Mae Weems, and Philemona Williamson. The book contains
a biographical sketch of each, describing key aspects of their artistic
development. Additionally, there are color photographs of the works on
display in the exhibit. The caption for each piece provides detailed
information about the work. With a preface by Johnetta B.
Cole (president of Spelman at the time) and a foreword by poet Maya
Angelou, the book adds to society?s understanding of the contribution
made by black women in the field of the visual arts. Other
contributors, adding insights of their own, include Tritobia Hayes
Benjamin, Pearl Cleage, M. Akua McDaniel, Beverly Guy-Sheftall, Lowery
Stokes Sims, Judith Wilson, and Jontyle Theresa Robinson.Helpful
features which serve as resources for researchers and others are a
chronology of important events related to the artistic endeavors of
black women in the United States over the country?s history, as well as
a lengthy bibliography.
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