Cauleen Smith: Give It or Leave It - (Paperback)

Name: Cauleen Smith: Give It or Leave It - (Paperback)
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A multimedia portrait of four famed utopian sites celebrating a Black, spiritual AmericaThrough films, objects, and installation, Chicago-based filmmaker 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.
82 Pages
Art, Individual Artists

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A multimedia portrait of four famed utopian sites celebrating a Black, spiritual America

Through films, objects, and installation, Chicago-based filmmaker 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.

Dimensions (Overall): 9.0 Inches (H) x 6.7 Inches (W) x .6 Inches (D)

Weight: 1.0 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 82

Genre: Art

Sub-Genre: Individual Artists

Publisher: Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania

Theme: Monographs

Format: Paperback

Language: English

Street Date: October 22, 2019

TCIN: 1005015119

UPC: 9780884541462

Item Number (DPCI): 247-20-0847

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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