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Cauleen Smith: Give It or Leave It

By (artist) Cauleen Smith, Text by Rhea Anastas, Text by Rodney McMillian, Text by Anthony Elms

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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.

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Normally shipped | Usually dispatched in 3 to 4 weeks as supplier is out of stock
Publisher | University of Pennsylvania,Institute of Contemporary Art
Published date | 5 Dec 2019
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Format | Paperback / softback
Pages | 82
Dimensions | 231 x 168 x 0mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 0g
ISBN | 978-0-8845-4146-2
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