{"product_id":"art-on-my-mind-bell-hooks-9781620979266","title":"Art on My Mind: Visual Politics","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe canonical work of cultural criticism by the \"profoundly influential critic\" (\u003cem\u003eArtnet\u003c\/em\u003e), in a beautiful thirtieth-anniversary edition, featuring a new foreword by esteemed visual artist Mickalene Thomas\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCalled \"one of the country's most influential feminist thinkers\" by \u003cem\u003eArtforum\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003ebell hooks\u003c\/strong\u003e and her work have enjoyed a huge resurgence of popularity since her passing in 2021. Her 2018 book \u003cem\u003eAll About Love\u003c\/em\u003e has sold upwards of 700,000 copies, and posthumous tributes have credited her with being \"instrumental in cracking open the white, western canon for Black artists\" (\u003cem\u003eArtnet\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTo celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of her groundbreaking essay collection \u003cem\u003eArt on My Mind\u003c\/em\u003e, The New Press will publish a handsome, celebratory edition, featuring a new foreword by Tony-nominated producer and all-around creative phenom Mickalene Thomas and a new cover featuring original photos of bell hooks shot by African American photojournalist Eli Reed. This classic work, which, as the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e wrote, \"examines the way race, sex and class shape who makes art, how it sells and who values it,\" includes what \u003cem\u003eArtforum\u003c\/em\u003e calls \"incisive essays\" on the work of Jean-Michel Basquiat, Isaac Julien, Carrie Mae Weems, and Romare Bearden, among others.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHer essays on Black vernacular architecture, representation of the Black male body, and the creative process of women artists, are complemented by conversations with Carrie Mae Weems, Emma Amos, Margo Humphrey, and LaVerne Wells-Bowie, which \u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e calls \"excellent indeed,\" and \"a real contribution to our understanding of the situation of black women artists.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bell Hooks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1620979268\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781620979266\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/27\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Bell Hooks","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46070539813119,"sku":"9781620979266","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_57734698-a379-476a-a777-f9c255e34712.jpg?v=1724243568","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/art-on-my-mind-bell-hooks-9781620979266","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}