South of Pico : African American artists in Los Angeles in the 1960s and 1970s / Kellie Jones.

In 'South of Pico' Kellie Jones explores how the artists in Los Angeles's black communities during the 1960s and 1970s created a vibrant, productive, and engaged activist arts scene in the face of structural racism. Emphasizing the importance of African American migration, as well as L.A.'s housing...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jones, Kellie, 1959- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2017.
Subjects:
Künstler.
African American artists > California > Los Angeles.
African American arts > Social aspects > California > Los Angeles > History > 20th century.
Artists and community > California > Los Angeles > History > 20th century.
African Americans > California > Los Angeles > History > 20th century.
Los Angeles (Calif.) > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Kunst.
Person of Color.
Los Angeles, Calif.
Physical Description:xvi, 396 pages ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction : South of Pico: migration, art, and black Los Angeles
  • Emerge: putting Southern California on the art world map
  • Claim: assemblage and self-possession
  • Organize: building an exhibitionary complex
  • In motion: the performative impulse
  • Conclusion : Noshun: Black Los Angeles and the global imagination.