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"Something over something else" : Romare Bearden's Profile series / essays by Stephanie Mayer Heydt, Robert G. O'Meally, Rachael Z. DeLue, Paul Devlin ; with an introduction by Ruth Fine.

Contributor(s): Language: English Publisher: Atlanta, Georgia : High Museum of Art ; Seattle, Washington : University of Washington Press, [2019]Copyright date: ©2019Description: 149 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits, photographs, facsimiles ; 29 x 27 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0295746432
  • 9780295746432
Contained works:
  • Bearden, Romare, 1911-1988. Works. Selections
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • N6537 .B4 A4 2019
Contents:
Director's foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Romare Bearden : organizing chaos; an introduction / Ruth Fine -- Self-revealing : autobiography, narrative, and Bearden's Profile series / Stephanie Mayer Heydt -- A profile view of Bearden's Profile series : Robert G. O'Meally -- The shape of the self : Romare Bearden's Artist with painting and model / Rachael Z. DeLue -- Two American modernists, second-person singular : Albert Murray's words in Romare Bearden's Profiles / Paul Devlin -- Plates -- Appendix 1. "Reflections on the Exhibition, Profile/Part I" / Romare Bearden -- Appendix 2. "Profiles: putting something over something else" / Calvin Tomkins -- Checklist of the exhibition.
Summary: "In November 1977, the 'New Yorker' published a feature-length biography of artist Romare Bearden by Calving Tomkins as part of its Profiles series. The essay, titled 'Profiles: Putting Something Over Something Else' (using Bearden's words to describe the creative process), brought national focus to the artist, whose rise had seemed nearly meteoric since the late 1960s. The experience of the interview prompted Bearden to launch an autobiographical collection he called 'Profiles'. He sequenced the project in two parts: 'Part I, The Twenties,' which featured memories from his youth in the South and in Pittsburgh, and 'Part II, The Thirties,' about his early adult life in New York. Bearden collaborated with friend and writer Albert Murray on a short statement to accompany each piece. These appeared scripted onto the walls of the 'Profile' exhibition to lead viewers on a visual and poetic journey. This landmark publication reassembles and reconsiders Bearden's 'Profile' series. Beyond providing the opportunity to explore and understudied body of work, the project investigates the roles of narrative and self-presentation for an artist who made a career of creating works based on memory and experience. It also reveals Bearden's own gestures away from the autobiographical and toward a broader view." --publisher's description, dust jacket.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks N6537 .B4 A4 2019 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001497014

Published on the occasion of the exhibition at the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, September 14, 2019 - February 2, 2020 ; Cincinnati Art Museum, Ohio, February 28 - May 24, 2020.

Includes bibliographical references.

Director's foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Romare Bearden : organizing chaos; an introduction / Ruth Fine -- Self-revealing : autobiography, narrative, and Bearden's Profile series / Stephanie Mayer Heydt -- A profile view of Bearden's Profile series : Robert G. O'Meally -- The shape of the self : Romare Bearden's Artist with painting and model / Rachael Z. DeLue -- Two American modernists, second-person singular : Albert Murray's words in Romare Bearden's Profiles / Paul Devlin -- Plates -- Appendix 1. "Reflections on the Exhibition, Profile/Part I" / Romare Bearden -- Appendix 2. "Profiles: putting something over something else" / Calvin Tomkins -- Checklist of the exhibition.

"In November 1977, the 'New Yorker' published a feature-length biography of artist Romare Bearden by Calving Tomkins as part of its Profiles series. The essay, titled 'Profiles: Putting Something Over Something Else' (using Bearden's words to describe the creative process), brought national focus to the artist, whose rise had seemed nearly meteoric since the late 1960s. The experience of the interview prompted Bearden to launch an autobiographical collection he called 'Profiles'. He sequenced the project in two parts: 'Part I, The Twenties,' which featured memories from his youth in the South and in Pittsburgh, and 'Part II, The Thirties,' about his early adult life in New York. Bearden collaborated with friend and writer Albert Murray on a short statement to accompany each piece. These appeared scripted onto the walls of the 'Profile' exhibition to lead viewers on a visual and poetic journey. This landmark publication reassembles and reconsiders Bearden's 'Profile' series. Beyond providing the opportunity to explore and understudied body of work, the project investigates the roles of narrative and self-presentation for an artist who made a career of creating works based on memory and experience. It also reveals Bearden's own gestures away from the autobiographical and toward a broader view." --publisher's description, dust jacket.

"'Something Over Something Else': Romare Bearden's Profile Series" : September 14, 2019-February 2, 2020, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, United States.

"'Something Over Something Else': Romare Bearden's Profile Series" : February 28-May 24, 2020, Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States.

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