The International Review of African American Art, Vol.11 No.1 (1993)

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Editor
Samella Lewis, Ph.D.

Managing Editor
Juliette Bowles

Associate Editor
M. J. Hewitt, Ph.D.

Executive Publisher
William R. Harvey, Ed.D.

Perhaps no other category of American art has become as widely embraced or controversial during the last decade as works by 20^th century African American folk artists. Termed folk, primitive, untutored, outsider, isolate, visionary, mystic, self–taught and the like, works of this type are created by artists who have little or no artistic training and work outside mainstream art movements.

Although this trend was not widely recognized until little more than a decade ago, it is not a new phenomenon. Indeed, the earliest examples of African American art belong to the folk category and include woodcarving, pottery, quilt making, basket–weaving and iron–work, and were made primarily by slaves in the Deep South. Fortunately, many of these objects were documented by W.P.A. researchers during the 1930s and are recorded in the American Index of Design in the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. In numerous examples of slave–made handicrafts, distinct examples of African influences may be discerned. These survivals bear powerful testimony to the persistence of “Africanisms” throughout centuries of production of African American folk art.

—Excerpt from “Contemporary African American Folk Art: An Overview” by Regenia A. Perry, Ph.D.

Feature Articles and Contributors:

“Contemporary African American Folk Art in America: An Overview”,
Regenia A. Perry, Ph.D.

“David Butler”, Samella Lewis, Ph.D.

“Elijah Pierce: More Than a Preacher of Wood”, William E. Harris

“The Second Generation”, Regenia A. Perry, Ph.D.

“Reverend Mary Le Ravin: Dwelling in the Boneyard”, J. Michael Walker

“The Art of Henry Speller”, E. Laurie Russell & R. Raymond Allen

Bibliographic Details

Title:                                      The International Review of African American Art

Publisher:                            The Hampton University Museum, Hampton, Virginia

Publication Date:              1993

Binding:                                Pictorial Softcover

Book Condition:                Excellent

Book Type:                          Quarterly Magazine

Funding:

This issue is published jointly with Multicultural Arts, Inc. and is made possible, in part, by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.

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