David C. Driskell’s easy-to-read and thorough critique of the African American art experience—the other side of color—breaks new ground in presenting almost one hundred selections from a unique art collection that provides the context for this book. 
First is an overview of the history of African American art--which in this country predates the Civil War--and a detailed explanation of the raison d’etre behind the Cosby collection. Part 2 discusses five prominent postcolonial African American artists who lead the way for future black artists and the struggles they overcame to promote cultural emancipation and acceptance in the American mainstream. 
Subsequent parts reveal how African American artists continued the quest for recognition, culminating in the turning point of black culture in the twentieth century in the United States: The Harlem Renaissance. Throughout the discussions within each of the book’s six parts, beautiful full-color artworks from the Cosby collection highlight and validate Driskell’s writing. Rene Hanks’s biographies add even more information about the featured artists as well as indicate the locations of the major collections of their works.

The Other Side of Color: African American Art in the Collection of Camille O. and William H. Cosby, Jr.

Arts & Photography

David C. Driskell

History & Criticism

Pomegranate

Art Studies, African-American Studies

Two Centuries of Black American Art: [exhibition], Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, the Brooklyn Museum

Distributed by Random House

Astonishment &amp; Power: The Eyes of Understanding: Kongo Minkisi / The Art of Renee Stout

Astonishment & Power: The Eyes of Understanding: Kongo Minkisi / The Art of Renee Stout

Michael D. Harris

MacGaffey, Wyatt

Sylvia H. Williams

Individual Artists

Smithsonian

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