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Elizabeth Catlett: A Black Revolutionary Artist and All That It Implies

Elizabeth Catlett: A Black Revolutionary Artist and All That It Implies

University of Chicago Press

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Discover the life and work of Elizabeth Catlett, an accomplished printmaker and sculptor, feminist, and lifelong activist. Through a major traveling retrospective, this book reveals her intersection of formal rigor and social justice. Explore overlooked works and iconic masterpieces of this remarkable artist.

Elizabeth Catlett's artistic and activist pursuits were closely intertwined, as she used her work to protest against the injustices of her time. Her printmaking and sculpture pieces were influenced by organic abstraction, as well as the modernism of the United States and Mexico, and African art. She received her education from Howard University, studied under the renowned painter Grant Wood, became a part of the vibrant Harlem artistic community, and collaborated with a leftist graphics workshop in Mexico. She sought refuge in Mexico after being accused of communism by the US and being denied re-entry into her home country.

This book contains insightful essays that cover various topics such as Catlett's growth as an artist and activist, the impact of her political exile on her work, her influential teaching methods, her achievements as a social realist printmaker, her involvement with the arts community in Chicago's South Side, and the diverse sources that shaped her artistic style.

  • This is the catalog to the major travelling exhibition of the same name

Product Details

  • Product Type: Exhibition Catalog, Hardcover
  • 304 pages, with 240 illustrations
  • Published in 2024
  • Shipping Dimensions: 11.0 × 9.0 × 1.3 inches  (27.9 × 22.9 × 3.3 cm)
  • Shipping Weight: 3.5 lb (56.0 oz; 1588 g)
  • SKU: SKU: SKU010012859
  • ISBN: 9780226836577

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Elizabeth Catlett (in 2005)

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Elizabeth Catlett

Elizabeth Catlett, also known as Elizabeth Catlett Mora (1915 – 2012) was an American and Mexican sculptor and graphic artist best known for her depictions of the Black-American experience in the 20th century, which often focused on the female experience. She was born and raised in Washington, D.C., to parents working in education, and was the grandchild of formerly enslaved people. It was difficult for a black woman at this time to pursue a career as a working artist. Catlett devoted much of her career to teaching. However, a fellowship awarded to her in 1946 allowed her to travel to Mexico City, where she settled and worked with the Taller de Gráfica Popular for twenty years and became head of the sculpture department for the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas. In the 1950s, her main means of artistic expression shifted from print to sculpture, though she never gave up the former.

Her work is a mixture of abstract and figurative in the Modernist tradition, with influence from African and Mexican art traditions. Catlett's work can be described as social realism, because of her dedication to the issues and experiences of African Americans. According to the artist, the main purpose of her work is to convey social messages rather than pure aesthetics. Her work is studied by art students looking to depict race, gender and class issues. During her lifetime, Catlett received many awards and recognitions, including membership in the Salón de la Plástica Mexicana, the Art Institute of Chicago Legends and Legacy Award, honorary doctorates from Pace University and Carnegie Mellon, and the International Sculpture Center's Lifetime Achievement Award in contemporary sculpture.

Elizabeth Catlett im Chrysler Museum
Dalila Scruggs

Über den Author

Dalila Scruggs

Dalila Scruggs is the Augusta Savage Curator of African American Art at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. She has held curatorial and education positions at the Williams College Museum of Art, the Brooklyn Museum of Art, and the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in New York.

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