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Just Above Midtown, changing spaces, edited by Thomas (T.) Jean Lax and Lilia Rocio Taboada ; in collaboration with Linda Goode Bryant ; contributions by Eric Booker, Brandon Eng, Thelma Golden, Linda Goode Bryant, Marielle Ingram, Kellie Jones, Yelena Keller, Thomas (T.) Jean Lax, Legacy Russell, Lilia Rocio Taboada

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Just Above Midtown, changing spaces, edited by Thomas (T.) Jean Lax and Lilia Rocio Taboada ; in collaboration with Linda Goode Bryant ; contributions by Eric Booker, Brandon Eng, Thelma Golden, Linda Goode Bryant, Marielle Ingram, Kellie Jones, Yelena Keller, Thomas (T.) Jean Lax, Legacy Russell, Lilia Rocio Taboada

Language

eng

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contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Just Above Midtown

Nature of contents

catalogsbibliography

Oclc number

1304243501

Responsibility statement

edited by Thomas (T.) Jean Lax and Lilia Rocio Taboada ; in collaboration with Linda Goode Bryant ; contributions by Eric Booker, Brandon Eng, Thelma Golden, Linda Goode Bryant, Marielle Ingram, Kellie Jones, Yelena Keller, Thomas (T.) Jean Lax, Legacy Russell, Lilia Rocio Taboada

Sub title

changing spaces

Summary

Just Above Midtown, or JAM, was an art gallery and self-described laboratory for experimentation led by Linda Goode Bryant that foregrounded African American artists and artists of color. Open from 1974 to 1986, it was a place where an expansive idea of contemporary art flourished and debate was cultivated. The gallery offered early opportunities for artists recognized as pivotal figures in late-20th-century art--including David Hammons, Butch Morris, Senga Nengudi, Lorraine O'Grady and Howardena Pindell--as well as a nonhierarchical approach to art that welcomed artists without stylistic proscription. Published in conjunction with the first museum exhibition to focus on this gallery and its ongoing impact, this book showcases rarely seen material from JAM's history--artworks, ephemera and photographs--that collectively document the gallery's communal and programmatic activities. It includes essays that contextualize JAM and consider its legacy, a conversation between Goode Bryant and Thelma Golden, Director and Chief Curator of the Studio Museum in Harlem, a complete exhibition chronology written by MoMA and Studio Museum staff with nearly 50 annotated entries, and excerpts from oral histories with JAM staff and artists conducted especially for this project

Table Of Contents

Director's foreword / Thelma Golden and Glenn D. Lowry -- Can JAM be JAM at MoMA?: a conversation between Linda Goode Bryant and Thelma Golden -- Up in the air / Thomas (T.) Jean Lax -- The world according to Linda Goode Bryant / Kellie Jones -- Checklist of the exhibition -- Contributors

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Changing spaces

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