Toward joy: new frameworks for American art

Abstract

"This exhibition catalogue offers a fresh perspective on American art through a Black feminist lens, alongside various historical and cultural viewpoints. It accompanies a new installation at the Brooklyn Museum and features a diverse array of artworks, including both well-known pieces and previously unseen objects. Toward Joy: New Frameworks for American Art is organized by Stephanie Sparling Williams, Andrew W. Mellon Curator of American Art. With further contributions by the curatorial team at the Brooklyn Museum, including Caroline Gillaspie, Grace Billingslea, Nancy Rosoff, Dare Turner, Catherine Futter and Liz St George."-- Publisher's website.

Contents

Director's foreword / Anne Pasternak, Shelby White and Leon Levy Director -- Acknowledgments / Stephanie Sparling Williams, Andrew W. Mellon Curator of American Art -- New frameworks for American art / Stephanie Sparling Williams -- Through gimlet holes : new visions for American art -- Exploring the shoals / Leigh Raiford -- [From a place of love] / Leslie Wilson -- Sowing seeds, laying ground / Kelli Morgan -- A Black mirror / Brittany Webb -- A Black feminist framework for the decorative arts / Tiffany Momon -- Look again / Jonathan Michael Square -- Brain love / Xiao Situ -- Untitled / Sará Yafah King -- Framework: Trouble the water -- Critical short: Troubled waters and currents of restoration / Caroline Gillaspie, Assistant Curator of American Art -- Thanksgiving address : greetings to the natural world -- Framework: Radical care -- Critical short: Framing the world through gratitude / Dare Turner, Curator of Indigenous Art -- Framework: To give flowers -- Critical short: From our mothers' gardens / Grace Billingslea, Curatorial Assistant, Arts of the Americas and American Art -- Framework: Counterparts -- Critical short: In dialogue / Camille Bacon and Leslie Wilson -- Framework: Surface tension -- Critical short: The dorsal view / Stephanie Sparling Williams with Sena Amuzu and Madeleine Levinsohn -- Framework: Several seats -- Critical short: To be real! / Caroline Gillaspie -- Framework: A quiet place -- Critical short: Rest life / Tricia Hersey -- Framework: Witness -- Critical short: Showing our work / Stephanie Sparling Williams -- Contributor biographies -- Photography and copyright credits