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Hear me now : the black potters of Old Edgefield, South Carolina

Author:
Spinozzi, Adrienne
Format:
Book
Language:
English
Imprint:
New York : The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2022 and New Haven ; London : Distributed by Yale University Press
Subject:
African American potters - South Carolina - Edgefield - Exhibitions
Potters - South Carolina - Edgefield - Exhibitions
Stoneware - South Carolina - Edgefield - History - 19th century - Exhibitions
Contributor:
Brown, Vincent, author
Bramwell, Michael J., author
Lasser, Ethan W., author
Young, Jason R., author, interviewer
Leigh, Simone, interviewee
Dave, author
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), host institution, issuing body
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, host institution
University of Michigan. Museum of Art, host institution
High Museum of Art, host institution
ISBN:
9781588397263 and 1588397262
Description:
199 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm
Notes:
"This catalogue is published in conjunction with Hear Me Now: The Black Potters of Old Edgefield, South Carolina, on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from September 9, 2022, through February 5, 2023; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, from March 6 through July 9, 2023; the University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, from August 26, 2023, through January 7, 2024; and the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, from February 16 through May 12, 2024. "-- Title page verso
Bibliographic Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-190) and index
Contents:
Adrienne Spinozzi -- The art of enslaved labor / Vincent Brown -- Confronting, collecting, and celebrating Edgefield stoneware / Adrienne Spinozzi -- Incidents in the life of an enslaved abolitionist potter written by others / Michael J. Bramwell and Ethan W. Lasser -- "But oh the clay is vile" : Edgefield pottery in life and death / Jason R. Young -- A conversation with Simone Leigh / Jason R. Young --
Summary:
"Recentering the development of industrially scaled Southern pottery traditions around enslaved and free Black potters working in the mid-nineteenth century, this catalogue presents groundbreaking scholarship and new perspectives on stoneware made in and around Edgefield, South Carolina. Among the remarkable works included are a selection of regional face vessels as well as masterpieces by enslaved potter and poet David Drake, who signed, dated, and incised verses on many of his jars, even though literacy among enslaved people was criminalized at the time. Essays on the production, collection, dispersal, and reception of stoneware from Edgefield offer a critical look at what it means to collect, exhibit, and interpret objects made by enslaved artisans. Several featured contemporary works inspired by or related to Edgefield stoneware attest to the cultural and historical significance of this body of work, and an interview with acclaimed contemporary artist Simone Leigh illuminates its continued relevance. Adrienne Spinozzi is Associate Curator in the American Wing at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York." -- Publisher's description
Collection:
BGC Monograph Stacks
Call Number:
NK4025.S62 S65 2022
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