
Souls Grown Deep like the Rivers
Black Artists from the American South
- Discover the Black artists from America’s South who created some of the most spectacular and ingenious works of the last century
- Published to accompany an exhibition organised by the Royal Academy of Arts, London in collaboration with Souls Grown Deep Foundation, Atlanta, running from March 17 to June 18, 2023
For generations, Black artists from the American South have forged a unique art tradition. Working in near isolation from established practices, they have created masterpieces in clay, driftwood, roots, soil, recycled and cast-off objects that articulate America’s painful past – the inhuman practice of enslavement, the cruel segregationist policies of the Jim Crow era, and institutionalised racism. Their works date from the early 20th century to today and respond to issues ranging from economic inequality, oppression and social marginalisation, to sexuality, the influence of place and ancestral memory. Among the sculptures, paintings, reliefs and drawings included here are works by Thornton Dial, Lonnie Holley, Ronald Lockett, Hawkins Bolden, Bessie Harvey, Charles Williams, Mary T. Smith, Purvis Young, Mose Tolliver, Nellie Mae Rowe, Mary Lee Bendolph, Marlene Bennett Jones, Martha Jane Pettway, Loretta Pettway, and Henry and Georgia Speller. Also featured are the celebrated quiltmakers of Gee’s Bend, Alabama, and the neighbouring communities of Rehoboth and Alberta.
- Publisher
- Royal Academy of Arts
- ISBN
- 9781912520954
- Publish date
- 13th Mar 2023
- Binding
- Hardback
- Territory
- World excluding USA & Canada
- Size
- 260 mm x 190 mm
- Pages
- 144 Pages
- Illustrations
- 125 color
Distributed by ACC Art Books
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