Bibliograph

AFRICOBRA, messages to the people, Jeffreen M. Hayes,

Type

Label

AFRICOBRA, messages to the people, Jeffreen M. Hayes,

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

AFRICOBRA

Nature of contents

bibliographycatalogs

Oclc number

1159821315

Responsibility statement

Jeffreen M. Hayes,

Sub title

messages to the people

Summary

AfriCOBRA (African Commune of Bad Relevant Artists) was founded on the South Side of Chicago in 1968 by a collective of young Black artists, whose interest in Transnational Black Aesthetics led them to create one of the most distinctive visual voices in 20th-century American art. The key characteristics of what we now consider the classic AFRICOBRA look -- vibrant, 'cool-ade' colors, bold text, shine and positive images of Black people -- were essential to everyday life in the community from which this movement emerged. It is a movement with roots in the soil, streets, classrooms, studios and living rooms of the South Side of Chicago, yet its influence has extended around the world. This survey represents the first major appraisal of AFRICOBRA's work in Europe and builds on the exhibition AFRICOBRA: Messages to the People, which premiered at MOCA North Miami during Art Basel Miami 2018

Table Of Contents

Foreword / Chana Budgazad Sheldon -- Curator's acknowledgments / Jeffreen M. Hayes -- Love letter / Jeffreen M. Hayes -- Blk space as home / Jeffreen M. Hayes -- AFRICOBRA: messages to the people. Voices from the community ; Snapshots of Miami resistance, 1960s-1980s -- AfriCOBRA: the foundation of a black aesthetic / Leslie Guy --Black womanhood front and center: leading in AfriCOBRA / Jeffreen M. Hayes ; AfriCOBRA in the studio, 1969 -- AFRICOBRA: nation time. Radical black in Venice / Jeffreen M. Hayes -- Joy in blackness: opening receptions

Target audience

adult

Classification