Whitfield Lovell Kin

Whitfield Lovell, Irving Sandler, Sarah E. Lewis, Julie L. McGee, Klaus Ottmann, Kevin Quashie, Elsa Smithgall

ISBN 10: 0847858243 / ISBN 13: 9780847858248

Published by Skira Rizzoli Publications Inc., The Philips Collection, 2016

About this Item

Irving Sandler wrote the Introduction to this 10 1/4 by 12 1/4 inch volume with illustrated paper covers over boards. There are 223 pages of illustrations of the artist's work, essays by Irving Sandler, Sarah E. Lewis, Julie L. McGee, Klaus Ottmann, Kevin Quashie, and an interview by Elsa Smithgall with the artist. There is the slightest bump to the top edge at the spine, the corners and a small spot on the fore edge. This states the First Edition was completed in 2016, and has a complete number line, 10-1, and year line 2016-2019.

Seller Inventory # Sp1429

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Whitfield Lovell Kin
• Publisher: Skira Rizzoli Publications Inc., The Philips Collection
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0847858243
• ISBN 13: 9780847858248
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Art

About this title

Synopsis

Accompanying a major exhibition, this book provides a comprehensive look at this MacArthur Fellows award–winning artist’s ongoing exploration of the African-American experience. Whitfield Lovell: Kin centers on a sumptuously reproduced portfolio of the artist’s Kin series, in which images of anonymous African-Americans are paired with found objects evoking their personalities and experiences. Tangible presences that powerfully connect with the viewer, Lovell’s works invoke issues of cultural heritage and personal identity as they imaginatively reflect the lives of forgotten Americans. Also included are the artist’s large-scale installations and works from the 1990s until the present.

About the Author

Art critic, writer, and professor, Irving Sandler is the author of the memoir Swept Up by Art. Sarah Lewis is assistant professor of History of Art and Architecture and African and African American Studies, Harvard University. Kevin Quashie is professor of Africana Studies, Smith College. Klaus Ottmann is deputy director for Curatorial and Academic Affairs and Elsa Smithgall is curator, the Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C. Julie L. McGee is curator of African American Art, University Museums, University of Delaware.