Art on My Mind: Visual Politics by bell hooks
My latest book for the 50books_POC challenge is bell hooks' *Art on My Mind: Visual Politics*. This is a series of essays, reflective pieces and interviews by bell hooks, meditating on black art and artists.
The main drawback of the book is that it assumes an entry level of knowledge about black artists. The book has only a half dozen colour plates and scant black and white illustrations. This would have been a bigger drawback at the date of publication in the early years of the internet. As it was, I was able to check out some fabulous websites of artists I had not previously known.
Faith Ringgold http://www.faithringgold.com/
Emma Amos http://emmaamos.com/
The main drawback of the book is that it assumes an entry level of knowledge about black artists. The book has only a half dozen colour plates and scant black and white illustrations. This would have been a bigger drawback at the date of publication in the early years of the internet. As it was, I was able to check out some fabulous websites of artists I had not previously known.
Faith Ringgold http://www.faithringgold.com/
Emma Amos http://emmaamos.com/