Jack Whitten : the messenger /

"Jack Whitten offered the world a new way to see. Over nearly six decades, he dared to invent new forms of abstraction, constantly transforming both perception and our understanding of art in society. This gorgeously illustrated volume, with pathbreaking new perspectives and revelatory technica...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Kuo, Michelle Y. (Author, Curator, Contributor, Interviewer), Lewis, George, 1952- (Composer, Contributor, Musician)
Other Authors:	Lowry, Glenn D. (writer of foreword.), Aebi, Kiko (Contributor), Aranke, Sampada (Contributor), Mehretu, Julie, 1970- (Contributor), Godfrey, Mark (Mark Benjamin) (Contributor), Duffy, Michael (Art conservator) (Contributor), Ligon, Glenn, 1960- (Contributor), Shiff, Richard (Contributor), Smith, Anna Deavere (Contributor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, New York : The Museum of Modern Art, [2025]
Subjects:	Whitten, Jack, > 1939-2018 > Exhibitions. Whitten, Jack, > 1939-2018 > Criticism and interpretation. Whitten, Jack, > 1939-2018 > Themes, motives. Whitten, Jack, > 1939-2018. African American art > 20th century > Exhibitions. African American art > 21st century > Exhibitions. Painting, Abstract > 20th century > Exhibitions. Painting, Abstract > 21st century > Exhibitions. African American painters > 20th century > 21st century. African American artists > 20th century > 21st century > Exhibitions. Art noir américain > 20e siècle > Expositions. Art noir américain > 21e siècle > Expositions. Peinture abstraite > 20e siècle > Expositions. Peinture abstraite > 21e siècle > Expositions. Peintres noirs américains > 20e siècle > 21e siècle. Artistes noirs américains > 20e siècle > 21e siècle > Expositions. Themes, motives. African American art. Painting, Abstract. African American painters. African American artists. Criticism and interpretation. United States. 1900-2099 exhibition catalogs. Exhibition catalogs. Catalogues d'exposition.

Table of Contents:

Foreword / Glenn D. Lowry
Jack Whitten: A life / David Sledge, Helena Klevorn, Dana Liljegren, Kiko Aebi, and Eana Kim
Jack Whitten: The messenger / Michelle Kuo
On Birmingham 1964 and Head IV Lynching, 1964 / Sampada Aranke
Fourteen billion years: Jack Whitten's light / Julie Mehretu
On Homage to Malcolm, 1970 / Mark Godfrey
On Siberian Salt Grinder, 1974, and the acrylic "Slab" paintings / Michael Duffy
On Liquid Space I, 1976, and works on paper / Annie Wilker, with instrumental analysis by Catherine H. Stephens
On black monoliths / Glenn Ligon
On Ogun's Shield, 1989 / Dana Liljegren
Jack Whitten: Cosmologist at work / George E. Lewis
On Time's Dilemma, 2010 / Richard Shiff
On Atopolis: For Édouard Glissant, 2014 / Anna Deavere Smith in conversation with Michelle Kuo
Writings, letters, lectures, lesson plans by Jack Whitten
Checklist of the exhibition
Selected bibliography
Contributors
Lenders to the exhibition
Acknowledgments
Trustees of The Museum of Modern Art.