30 Americans : Rubell Museum / editor, Juan Valadez ; contributing writers, Robert Hobbs, Glenn Ligon, Franklin Sirmans and Michele Wallace.

"Nationally celebrated as one of the most important exhibitions of contemporary art in the United States within the last decade, 30 Americans showcases an influential group of prominent African American artists who have emerged as leading contributors to the contemporary art scene in the US and beyo...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Rubell Family Collection
North Carolina Museum of Art (Host institution)
Corcoran Gallery of Art (Host institution)
Chrysler Museum (Host institution)
Milwaukee Art Museum (Host institution)
Frist Center for the Visual Arts (Nashville, Tenn.) (Host institution)
Other Authors: Hobbs, Robert Carleton, 1946- (Contributor)
Ligon, Glenn, 1960- (Contributor)
Sirmans, Franklin (Contributor)
Wallace, Michele (Contributor)
Language:English
Published: Miami, Florida : Rubell Museum, [2017]
Edition:Expanded 4th edition.
Subjects:
Rubell Family Collection > Exhibitions.
African American art > 21st century > Exhibitions.
African American artists > 21st century > Exhibitions.
Rubell Family Collection.
African American artists.
African American art.
ART > General.
2000-2099
Exhibition catalogs.
Genre:
Exhibitions.
Exhibition catalogs.
Physical Description:223 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color) ; 29 cm
Variant Title:
Thirty Americans
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Inside Our Process / Rubell Family
  • Art Chronicle / Franklin Sirmans
  • Untitled / Glenn Ligon
  • The African Sublime / Michele Wallace
  • Looking B(l)ack: Reflections of White Racism / Robert Hobbs
  • Plates: Nina Chanel Abney ; John Bankston ; Jean-Michel Basquiat ; Mark Bradford ; Iona Rozeal Brown ; Nick Cave ; Robert Colescott ; Noah Davis ; Leonardo Drew ; Renée Green ; David Hammons ; Barkley L. Hendricks ; Rashid Johnson ; Glenn Ligon ; Kalup Linzy ; Kerry James Marshall ; Rodney McMillian ; Wangechi Mutu ; William Pope. L ; Gary Simmons ; Xaviera Simmons ; Lorna Simpson ; Shinique Smith ; Jeff Sonhouse ; Henry Taylor ; Hank Willis Thomas ; Mickalene Thomas ; Kara Walker ; Carrie Mae Weems ; Kehinde Wiley ; Purvis Young
  • Checklist
  • Credits and thanks.