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The Black Index
- Hirmer
- by Bridget R. Cooks
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Publisher | Hirmer |
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ISBN | 9783777435961 |
Author(s) | Bridget R. Cooks |
Publication date | November 2021 |
Edition | Hardback |
Dimensions | 250 x 200 mm |
Illustrations | 60 col.ill. |
Pages | 120 |
Language(s) | Eng. ed. |
Description
The artists featured in The Black Index -Dennis Delgado, Alicia Henry, Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle, Titus Kaphar, Whitfield Lovell, and Lava Thomas -build upon the tradition of Black self-representation as an antidote to colonialist images. Their translations of photography challenge the medium’s long-assumed qualities of objectivity, legibility, and identification.
Using drawing, sculpture, and digital technology to transform the recorded image, these artists question our reliance on photography as a privileged source for documentary objectivity and historical understanding. The works featured here offer an alternative practice?a Black index. In the hands of these six artists, the index still serves as a finding aid for information about Black subjects, but it also challenges viewers’ desire for classification and, instead, redirects them toward alternative information.