Covers major themes in African major artistic movements, such as abstract art, vernacular art and postmodernism in painting, sculpture, and other forms. This book presents an argument that for centuries, African American women artists have created an alternate vision of how women of color should be perceived in American culture.
Weaving together an expansive collection of artists, styles, and periods, Farrington explores how, for centuries, African-American women artists have created an alternative vision of how women of color are be represented in American culture.
Farrington gives the reader a layered narrative and a dazzling array of artworks.... It is the kind of book anyone interested in art, women's art, or African American art will want to own and refer to constantly. Anyone teaching women's studies, gender studies, or African American women's studies will want to own this as well.
