Joyce J. Scott

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An insightful retrospective of the genre-defying contemporary artist and MacArthur Fellow Joyce J. Scott, showcasing contributions from an extraordinary group of artists and scholars. This essential new volume serves as a critical resource and details the richness and complexity of the work of Joyce J. Scott... Read More

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Joyce J. Scott

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An insightful retrospective of the genre-defying contemporary artist and MacArthur Fellow Joyce J. Scott, showcasing contributions from an extraordinary group of artists and scholars

Description

An insightful retrospective of the genre-defying contemporary artist and MacArthur Fellow Joyce J. Scott, showcasing contributions from an extraordinary group of artists and scholars.

This essential new volume serves as a critical resource and details the richness and complexity of the work of Joyce J. Scott (b. 1948), beginning with an overview of the artist's 50-year career—an interconnected, community-generating practice that embraces performance art, beaded necklaces and sculptures, wall hangings, and prints.

Interviews with the artist by Leslie King Hammond and Valerie Cassel Oliver focus on Scott's matrilineage and womanist ethos and on the genre-defying choreography of her career across disciplines. Six thematic essays by established and emerging scholars discuss the ancient and global reach of beads, including Yorùbá traditions; consider the utility of satire and performance in connection with the work of emerging Black artists; and explore the significance of geography, history, and place.

Excerpts from foundational out-of-print texts and an illustrated chronology annotated by Scott appear alongside contributions by artists Sonya Clark, Oletha DeVane, Jeffrey Gibson, Kay Lawal-Muhammad, Malcolm Peacock, and William C. Rhodes III. Scott makes difficult subjects intimately felt, confronting histories of trauma through wearable art and exquisite sculpture. With humour and pathos, she twists menacing stereotypes into grotesque and tender retorts that spur conversation, making art a vehicle for learning, reflection, and healing.

Distributed for the Seattle Art Museum and Baltimore Museum of Art.

Exhibition Schedule:

Baltimore Museum of Art
(March 24–July 14, 2024)

Seattle Art Museum
(October 17, 2024–January 20, 2025)

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780300276206

Publisher: Yale University Press

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 23 April 2024

Country: United States

Imprint: Yale University Press

Illustration: 250 color + 30 b-w illus.

Contributors:

Contributions by Valerie Cassel Oliver
Contributions by Tiffany E. Barber
Edited by Catharina Manchanda
Edited by Cecilia Wichmann
Contributions by Angela N. Carroll
Contributions by Sonya Clark
Contributions by Oletha DeVane
Contributions by Henry John Drewal
Contributions by Jeffrey Gibson
Contributions by Valerie Cassel Oliver

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 238.0mm

Height: 279.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 288

Collections

Arts & Culture Non-Fiction

About the Author

Catharina Manchanda is Jon and Mary Shirley Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Seattle Art Museum.

Cecilia Wichmann is associate curator of contemporary art at the Baltimore Museum of Art.