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My Soul Has Grown Deep
by Cheryl Finley

    Publication Date: Jun 05, 2018
    List Price: $35.00
    Format: Hardcover, 116 pages
    Classification: Nonfiction
    ISBN13: 9781588396099
    Imprint: Metropolitan Museum of Art
    Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
    Parent Company: Metropolitan Museum of Art

    Hardcover Description:

    A new consideration of extraordinary art created by Black artists during the mid-20th century. My Soul Has Grown Deep considers the art-historical significance of contemporary Black artists working throughout the southeastern United States. These paintings, drawings, mixed-media compositions, sculptures, and textiles include pieces ranging from the profound assemblages of Thornton Dial to the renowned quilts of Gee’s Bend. Nearly 60 remarkable examples are illustrated alongside insightful texts that situate them in the history of modernism and the context of African American experience in the 20th-century South. This remarkable study simultaneously considers these works on their own merits while also making connections to mainstream contemporary art. Art historians Cheryl Finley, Randall R. Griffey, and Amelia Peck illuminate shared artistic practices, including the novel use of found or salvaged materials and the artists’ interest in improvisational approaches across media. Novelist and essayist Darryl Pinckney provides a thoughtful consideration of the cultural and political history of the American South, during and after the Civil Rights era. These diverse works, described and beautifully illustrated, tell the compelling stories of artists who overcame enormous obstacles to create distinctive and culturally resonant works of art.




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