Caribbean: Art at the Crossroads of the World - Hardcover

Cullen, Deborah; Fuentes, Elvis

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0300178549 ISBN 13: 9780300178548

Publisher: Yale University Press, 2012

Synopsis

The first book to explore the entire range of modern and contemporary art of the Caribbean

Unprecedented in scope, this beautiful book offers an authoritative examination of the modern history of the Caribbean through its artistic culture. Featuring 500 color illustrations of artworks from the late 18th through the 21st century, the book explores modern and contemporary art, ranging from the Haitian revolution to the present.

Acknowledging both the individuality of each island, the richness of the coastal regions, and the reach of the Diaspora, Caribbean looks at the vital visual and cultural links that exist among these diverse constituencies. The authors examine how the Caribbean has been imagined and pictured, and the role of art in the development of national identity. Essays by leading scholars cover such topics as the interconnections between Caribbean artistic production to its colonial contexts; between various generations of artists; and between the so-called high and low arts and religion, music, and carnival celebrations. Primary source documents crucial to understanding the region provide an important complement.

Edited by Deborah Cullen and Elvis Fuentes, and featuring essays by Katherine Manthorne, Mari Carmen Ramírez, Lowery Stokes Sims, and Edward J. Sullivan, among many others, this book will serve as the definitive volume on Caribbean visual culture for many decades to come.

Published in association with El Museo del Barrio, New York

Exhibition Schedule:

El Museo del Barrio(06/12/12 - 01/06/13)  

The Queens Museum of Art(06/12/12 - 01/06/13)

The Studio Museum in Harlem(06/12/12 - 01/06/13)

About this title

About the Author

Mari Carmen Ramírez is the Wortham Curator of Latin American Art and the director of the International Center for the Arts of the Americas at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

Edition details

• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0300178549
• ISBN 13: 9780300178548
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 496