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Simone Leigh (Hardcover)
Simone Leigh; Edited by Eva Respini; Foreword by Jill Medvedow; Text written by Vanessa Agard-Jones, Rizvana Bradley, …
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Nineteenth-century stoneware by enslaved and free potters living in
Edgefield, South Carolina, highlights the central role of Black
artists in the region's long-standing pottery traditions
Recentering the development of industrially scaled Southern pottery
traditions around enslaved and free Black potters working in the
mid-nineteenth century, this catalogue presents groundbreaking
scholarship and new perspectives on stoneware made in and around
Edgefield, South Carolina. Among the remarkable works included are
a selection of regional face vessels as well as masterpieces by
enslaved potter and poet David Drake, who signed, dated, and
incised verses on many of his jars, even though literacy among
enslaved people was criminalized at the time. Essays on the
production, collection, dispersal, and reception of stoneware from
Edgefield offer a critical look at what it means to collect,
exhibit, and interpret objects made by enslaved artisans. Several
featured contemporary works inspired by or related to Edgefield
stoneware attest to the cultural and historical significance of
this body of work, and an interview with acclaimed contemporary
artist Simone Leigh illuminates its continued relevance. Published
by The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Distributed by Yale University
Press Exhibition Schedule: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
(September 9, 2022-February 5, 2023) Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
(March 6-July 9, 2023) University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann
Arbor (August 26, 2023-January 7, 2024) High Museum of Art, Atlanta
(February 16-May 12, 2024)
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