Exhibition catalog for "Racism: An American Family Value"

Identifier:AAR.EC.0173

Creation dates:2009

contributor: Amos Paul Kennedy Jr., Alexander Campos

Description:Catalog for "Racism: An American Family Value," an exhibition on view at the Center for Book Arts July 8 - September 12, 2009. Organized by Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr. and Alexander Campos. CBA has two copies.

This exhibition investigates how visual artists have used the printed word in their artistic practice to address one of the country's oldest and most challenging social problems. Mixing humor with subversive symbolism, the art exhibited reveals the vast reach of contemporary book art as practiced by a wide spectrum of American culture.

Featured artists: Manuel Accevedo, Tomie Arai, Jamil Azim, Karen Baldner, Ben Blount, Michael Paul Britto, Josely Carvalho, Irene Chan, Maureen Cummins, Rory Golden, Ken Gonzales-Day, Caren Heft, Barbara Henry, Jayson Keeling, Maureen Kelleher, Glenn Ligon, Miguel Luciano, Jason Lujan, Clifton Meador, Douglas Miles/Apache Skateboards, Shervone Neckles, Jessica Peterson, Adrian Piper, Rosae Reeder, Lisa Beth Robinson, Karina Aguilera Skvirsky, Danny Tisdale, Kara Walker, Shu-Ju Wang, Carrie Mae Weems, Lynne Yamamoto.