{"product_id":"emancipation-the-unfinished-project-of-liberation-9780520393301","title":"Emancipation: The Unfinished Project of Liberation","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis stunning exhibition catalog visualizes what freedom looks like for Black Americans today and the legacy of the Civil War in 2023 and beyond.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eEmancipation: The Unfinished Project of Liberation\u003c\/i\u003e sits at the intersection of history and contemporary life. Building upon in-depth conversations about representations of enslavement and emancipation at the close of the Civil War, this project originates from an analysis of sculptor John Quincy Adams Ward's \u003ci\u003eThe Freedman\u003c\/i\u003e (1863), one of the first bronze representations of a Black person in the United States, and expands into an investigation of how living artists envision emancipation, freedom, and liberation today. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Featuring interviews with artists Sadie Barnette, Alfred Conteh, Maya Freelon, Hugh Hayden, Letitia Huckaby, Jeffrey Meris, and Sable Elyse Smith, the exhibition catalog explores their practices along with cutting-edge scholarship by Kirsten Pai Buick and Kelvin Parnell, among others, as well as a haunting story of embodiment and exploitation by celebrated science-fiction author N. K. Jemisin. Burdened by failed promises but buoyed by hope, this project is mournful and melancholy yet also reflective and celebratory in its aspirations for a brighter future. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Published in association with the Amon Carter Museum of American Art \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Exhibition dates: \u003cbr\u003e Amon Carter Museum of American Art: March 12-July 9, 2023 \u003cbr\u003e Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University: August 5-November 11, 2023 \u003cbr\u003e Williams College Museum of Art: February 16-June 16, 2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaggie Adler\u003c\/b\u003e is Curator of Paintings, Sculpture, and Works on Paper at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaurita Poole\u003c\/b\u003e is Executive Director of the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50454374678802,"sku":"9780520393301","price":38.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_56c9974a-033e-4c21-9325-62a24653c353.jpg?v=1729866539","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/emancipation-the-unfinished-project-of-liberation-9780520393301","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}