Title AFRICOBRA : experimental art toward a school of thought / Wadsworth Jarrell ; with a foreword by Richard Allen May III

Published Durham : Duke University Press, 2020

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Description 1 online resource (xxvii, 292 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color) Contents Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Black Art and the Black Aesthetic -- Africobra Principles and Philosophy -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 BLACK IN CHICAGO -- 2 GENESIS -- 3 THE WALL OF RESPECT -- 4 THE INCEPTION -- 5 A VISUAL ART PROPOSAL -- 6 FIRST COBRA EXHIBITION -- 7 RECRUITMENT -- 8 AFRICOBRA I -- 9 AFRICOBRA II -- 10 AFRICOBRA III -- Postscript -- Exhibitions -- Reviews and Media Interviews -- Africobra Art in Collections -- Africobra in Books -- Notes -- Artist Biographies -- Index Summary "AFRICOBRA (African Commune of Bad Relevant Artists) was a multidisciplinary collective of black artists who created socially conscious art in Chicago during the Black Arts Movement of the 1960's and 1970's. Artists Wadsworth Jarrell, Nelson Stevens, Jae Jarrell, Gerald Williams, and Napoloen Jones-Henderson produced textiles, paintings, sculpture and public art that sought to develop an aesthetic language that resonated with the black community. AFRICOBRA's abstract works convey the rhythmic dynamism of black culture and social life, while the structure of the collective offered a model of artistic practice embedded in the political realities and histories of the community. In this volume, Wadsworth Jarrell, one of the founding members of the AFRICOBRA collective, offers an account of the history of the group and it's founding aesthetic and political principles. The bulk of the manuscript is selected from his archive of materials ranging from exhibition ephemera to photos that show the development of the group's art practice that collectively form a sourcebook history of the group. The sourcebook intersperses documentation of exhibitions, artworks, and the members of the collective in Chicago; documents that outline the aesthetic and political goals of the group written by its members; and writing from Jarrell that narrates the history of the collective from the point of view of its founder. The writing emphasizes the importance of the group's political principles to some of its largest projects, like the Wall of Respect, a public mural in Chicago's Black Belt neighborhood. While work by AFRICOBRA has been shown at the Brooklyn Museum, the Tate, and elsewhere, this will be the first book to present an extensive record of the group's history, practice, and principles. This book will be of interest to our readers in art, African American studies, and cultural studies"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 25, 2020) Subject AFRICOBRA (Group of artists) SUBJECT AFRICOBRA (Group of artists) fast Subject Black Arts movement -- Illinois -- Chicago Ethnicity in art. Art -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century ART -- American -- African American. Art -- Political aspects Black Arts movement Ethnicity in art Illinois -- Chicago United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2019032732 ISBN 9781478002246 1478002247

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