Reframing Post-Black
Call for Proposals
CAA 101st Annual Conference
New York, New York, February 13–16, 2013
Reframing Post-Black
Kathleen Reinhardt, Freie Universität Berlin / UC Santa Cruz
Post-black (a term that emerged in the New York art world in the early 2000s) originated as a means to articulate a transformation in the conceptual strategies of post-Civil Rights generation African-American artists. More of an ethos than a dictum, this theory of representation elucidates a decisive shift in how black people image themselves, seeking to escape the limitations imposed by race, but at the same time deeply embracing conversations about blackness. The prevailing criticism of the post-black ethos is that it promotes capitalism and excess at the expense of social engagement—and that its visual producers ultimately reduce the black body to a fetish object. This session considers whether post-black represents a departure from social engagement and the often-troubling realities of African-American life, or if it constitutes a radical re-envisioning of the political and polemical importance of its imaging. How do African-American artists negotiate the complexities of representing blackness in a cultural and economic climate that demands its persistent visualization?
More information:
http://www.collegeart.org/pdf/2013CallforParticipation.pdf
Submit your proposal to: Kathleen.Reinhardt@fu-berlin.de
Due May 4, 2012
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