{"product_id":"jack-whitten-jack-whitten-9781941366172","title":"Jack Whitten: Odyssey: Sculpture 1963-2017","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Whitten's objects in carved wood and found materials revisit and reclaim the forms, rituals and spirituality of African sculpture.\" -Roberta Smith, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJack Whitten was one of the most important artists of his generation. His paintings range from figurative work addressing civil rights in the 1960s to groundbreaking experimentation with abstraction in the '70s, '80s and '90s to recent work memorializing black historical figures such as James Baldwin and W.E.B. Du Bois.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhitten began carving wood in the 1960s in order to understand African sculpture, both aesthetically and in terms of his own identity as an African American, and continued developing this practice throughout his life. For the first time ever, these revelatory works are collected in Odyssey, accompanying a landmark exhibition coorganized by the Baltimore Museum of Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOdyssey features the sculptures made by Whitten over the past 50 years, as well as the \u003ci\u003eBlack Monolith\u003c\/i\u003e series of paintings, and Whitten's own archival photographs documenting his life and process. The catalog includes major new texts from exhibition curators Katy Siegel and Kelly Baum, as well as contributions from philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah, art historians Richard Shiff and Kellie Jones, a lengthy biographical interview with Whitten by art historian Courtney J. Martin and the essay \"Why Do I Carve Wood?\" by the artist himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGorgeously illustrated with hundreds of illustrations and never-before-published photographs, \u003ci\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/i\u003e is a landmark exploration of one of the most significant artists of the 20th century, and a monument to a life and career that, as described by the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \"enriched the abstract tradition in Western art with fresh political and spiritual content.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jack Whitten\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1941366171\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781941366172\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Gregory R. Miller \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/12\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.80h x 9.30w x 0.90d","brand":"Jack Whitten","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48807908212991,"sku":"9781941366172","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/jack-whitten-jack-whitten-9781941366172","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}