{"product_id":"joe-overstreet-by-natalie-dupecher-9780300282061","title":"Joe Overstreet","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe first survey of Joe Overstreet, abstract painter of the Black Arts Movement and forecaster of Afrofuturism\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis groundbreaking survey of abstract paintings by Joe Overstreet (1933–2019) recognises his energising presence in the Black Arts Movement and situates his socially engaged and spatially challenging work within today's crucial redefinition of the modernist canon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOverstreet's \u003cem\u003eFlight Patterns\u003c\/em\u003e series, created from 1969 to 1973, is at the centre of this book. These intensely coloured acrylic-on-canvas works are hung with ropes tethering them to the ceiling, floor, walls—a vital exploration of geometries and free-form installation. In addition, the book includes new studies of Overstreet's shaped canvas constructions of the 1960s and his mammoth \u003cem\u003eFacing the Door of No Return\u003c\/em\u003e works, quickly painted in a rush of inspiration after his 1992 trip to Senegal and encounter with the embarkation point of Africans shipped for enslavement in the New World.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEssays on Overstreet's shaped canvases, \u003cem\u003eFlight Patterns\u003c\/em\u003e, and the \u003cem\u003eFacing the Door of No Return\u003c\/em\u003e paintings accompany full-colour photographs of the works, and a detailed chronology places Overstreet's career in its time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDistributed for the Menil Collection\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExhibition Schedule:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Menil Collection, Houston, TX\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n(January 24–July 13, 2025)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMississippi Museum of Art, Jackson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n(Fall 2025–Winter 2026)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47603007389932,"sku":"9780300282061","price":95.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780300282061-joe-overstreet.jpg?v=1778052569","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/joe-overstreet-by-natalie-dupecher-9780300282061","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}