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Bob Thompson: This House Is Mine

Bob Thompson: This House Is Mine

Tuite, Diana K.
Blue, Kraig
Childs, Adrienne L.

Hardcover

Biographies GeneralAmerican Art - African American & BlackIndividual Artists

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ISBN10: 0300253362
ISBN13: 9780300253368
Publisher: Yale Univ Pr
Published: Aug 31 2021
Pages: 216
Weight: 2.15
Height: 1.00 Width: 8.50 Depth: 10.70
Language: English
A rich reconsideration of a short-lived but visionary voice in twentieth-century American painting and his enduring relevance

Bob Thompson (1937-1966) came to critical acclaim in the late 1950s for paintings of unparalleled figurative complexity and chromatic intensity. Thompson drew upon the Western art-historical canon to formulate a highly personal, expressive language. Tracing the African American artist's prolific, yet tragically brief, transatlantic career, this volume examines Thompson's outlier status and pays close attention to his sustained engagements with themes of community, visibility, and justice. As the contributors contextualize the artist's ambitions and his unique creative process, they reposition Thompson as a predecessor to contemporary artists such as Kerry James Marshall and Kehinde Wiley. Featuring an array of artwork, and never-before-published poems and archival materials, this study situates Thompson's extraordinary output within ongoing dialogues about the politics of representation.

Published in association with Colby College Museum of Art

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