AFRICOBRA
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AFRICOBRA

Experimental Art toward a School of Thought

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  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

AFRICOBRA

Experimental Art toward a School of Thought

About this book

Formed on the South Side of Chicago in 1968 at the height of the civil rights, Black power, and Black arts movements, the AFRICOBRA collective created a new artistic visual language rooted in the culture of Chicago's Black neighborhoods. The collective's aesthetics, especially the use of vibrant color, capture the rhythmic dynamism of Black culture and social life. In AFRICOBRA, painter, photographer, and collective cofounder Wadsworth A. Jarrell tells the definitive story of the group's creation, history, and artistic and political principles. From accounts of the painting of the groundbreaking Wall of Respect mural and conversations among group members to documentation of AFRICOBRA's exhibits in Chicago, New York, and Boston, Jarrell outlines how the collective challenged white conceptions of art by developing an artistic philosophy and approach wholly divested of Western practices. Featuring nearly one hundred color images of artworks, exhibition ephemera, and photographs, this book is at once a sourcebook history of AFRICOBRA and the story of visionary artists who rejected the white art establishment in order to create uplifting art for all Black people.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Illustrations
  4. Black Art and the Black Aesthetic
  5. Africobra Principles and Philosophy
  6. Foreword by Richard Allen May III
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Introduction
  9. 1. Black in Chicago
  10. 2. Genesis
  11. 3. The Wall of Respect
  12. 4. The Inception
  13. 5. A Visual art Proposal
  14. 6. First Cobra Exhibition
  15. 7. Recruitment
  16. 8. Africobra I
  17. 9. Africobra II
  18. 10. Africobra III
  19. Postscript, by Edmund Barry Gaither
  20. Exhibitions
  21. Reviews and Media Interviews
  22. Africobra Art in Collections
  23. Africobra in Books
  24. Notes
  25. Artist Biographies
  26. Index