{"product_id":"emancipation-maggie-adler-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\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Maggie Adler, Maurita Poole\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520393309\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520393301\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/14\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.10h x 9.10w x 0.70d","brand":"Maggie Adler","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44070112035071,"sku":"9780520393301","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_524d9df7-2f7f-4c76-9346-18cfd3a16a17.jpg?v=1685428426","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/emancipation-maggie-adler-9780520393301","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}