Cauleen Smith : Give it or leave it /
Through films, objects, and installation, Cauleen Smith (born 1967) offers an emotional axis by which to navigate four distinct universes: Alice Coltrane and her Sai Anantam ashram; a 1966 photo shoot by Bill Ray at Simon Rodia's Watts Towers in Los Angeles; Noah Purifoy and his desert assembl...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia, PA :
Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania,
[2019]
© 2019 |
| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | Through films, objects, and installation, Cauleen Smith (born 1967) offers an emotional axis by which to navigate four distinct universes: Alice Coltrane and her Sai Anantam ashram; a 1966 photo shoot by Bill Ray at Simon Rodia's Watts Towers in Los Angeles; Noah Purifoy and his desert assemblages in Joshua Tree; and black spiritualist Rebecca Cox Jackson and her Shaker community in 19th-century Philadelphia. These locations, while not technically utopian societies, embody sites of historical speculation and radical generosity between artist and community. In reimagining a future through this mix, Smith casts a world that is black, feminist, spiritual and unabashedly alive. This volume, wrapped in a frosted and foil-stamped dust jacket, contains full-color photographs of the multi-room installation and provides further insight into Smith's creative process and myriad influences through two interviews and a manifesto written by the artist. |
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| Item Description: | "This book is published on the occasion of the exhibition Cauleen Smith: Give It or Leave It, curated by Anthony Elms, and organized and presented by the Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, September 14 - December 23, 2018" -- Colophon. Includes interviews with Rhea Anastas and Rodney McMillan.. |
| Physical Description: | 159 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780884541462 0884541460 |