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Aruna D’Souza, Whitewalling: Art, Race & Protest in 3 Acts

BACK IN STOCK! Whitewalling: Art, Race & Protest in 3 Acts by Aruna D'Souza⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ In 2017, the Whitney Biennial included a painting by a white artist, Dana Schutz, of the lynched body of a young black child, Emmett Till. In 1979, anger brewed over a show at New York’s Artists Space entitled The Nigger Drawings. In 1969, the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s exhibition Harlem on My Mind did not include a single work by a black artist. In all three cases, black artists and writers and their allies organized vigorous responses using the only forum available to them: public protest.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ 'Whitewalling: Art, Race & Protest in 3 Acts' reflects on these three incidents in the long and troubled history of art and race in America. It lays bare how the art world—no less than the country at large—has persistently struggled with the politics of race, and the ways this struggle has influenced how museums, curators and artists wrestle with notions of free speech and the specter of censorship. 'Whitewalling' takes a critical and intimate look at these three “acts” in the history of the American art scene and asks: when we speak of artistic freedom and the freedom of speech, who, exactly, is free to speak?⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Read more via linkinbio.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Published by Badlands Unlimited⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ @invisible.flaneuse #whitewalling #arunadsouza #artraceprotest⁠⠀ https://www.instagram.com/p/CDti-ehJ7ad/?igshid=1itt17nc6y05x

I LOVED reviewing this book—almost as much as I enjoyed reading it. *both times* ✍🏾 #ArunaDSouza: #Whitewalling: Art, Race & Protest in 3 Acts. 🙌🏾 GET! IT! @invisible.flaneuse 🔗 link in bio 🔗 @brooklynrail (at Brooklyn Rail) https://www.instagram.com/p/BoewK7ghc5r/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1tldaor8zxgyo

TONITE 5/24 at 7 PM! Aruna D'Souza at McNally Jackson Soho, reading from and signing “Whitewalling: Art, Race & Protest in 3 Acts.” Conversation with Paul Chan, artist and publisher of Badlands Unlimited, to follow. “Whitewalling” is a gripping account of three incidents in the long and troubled history of art and race in America. It lays bare how the art world—no less than the country at large—has persistently struggled with the politics of race, and the ways this struggle has influenced how museums, curators and artists wrestle with notions of free speech and the specter of censorship. With illustrations by artists Parker Bright and Pastiche Lumumba. @invisible.flaneuse @badlandsunlmtd @mcnallyjackson #whitewalling #race #protest @thebussycatdoll @art21savage #arunadsouza #paulchan #parkerbright #pastichelumumba