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RUBELL FAMILY COLLECTION
30 Americans
Rubell Family Collection, Third Edition
Text by Franklin Sirmans, Glenn Ligon, Robert Hobbs, Michele Wallace.
Since the 1960s, Miami's Rubell family has collected the works of the most relevant contemporary African American artists as an integral part of their broader mission to collect the most interesting art of our time. 30 Americans serves as both the catalogue for their current exhibition of African American art at the Contemporary Art Center New Orleans and a visual record of the Rubell family's diverse collection, which spans genres and generations. This expanded third edition contains not only artists long collected by the Rubells such as Robert Colescott, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Renée Green, David Hammons, Barkley Hendricks, Kerry James Marshall, Gary Simmons, Lorna Simpson, Kara Walker and Carrie Mae Weems, but also those who have recently been catapulted to the forefront of the art world, such as Kalup Linzy, Nick Cave, Iona Rozeal Brown, Rashid Johnson, Mikalene Thomas, Hank Willis Thomas, Kehinde Wiley and Wangechi Mutu.
Mark Bradford's "Sacrifice #2: it has to last (after Yoshitoshi’s 'Drowsy: the appearance of a harlot of the Meiji era')" (2007) is reproduced from 30 Americans.
We are saddened by the death yesterday of painter Barkley L. Hendricks, a staff favorite whose work has hung above at least one desk in our New York offices for many years. Known for his vivid, empowered portraits of Black people, Hendricks' work is collected in at several books on our list, including 30 Americans,Narcissus in the Studio and our own forthcoming catalog, Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power, published to accompany TATE's summer blockbuster, opening July 12 in London. continue to blog
FORMAT: Hbk, 8.5 x 13 in. / 223 pgs / 121 color. LIST PRICE: U.S. $39.95 LIST PRICE: CANADA $53.95 GBP £35.00 ISBN: 9780982119594 PUBLISHER: Rubell Family Collection AVAILABLE: 4/30/2014 DISTRIBUTION: D.A.P. RETAILER DISC: TRADE PUBLISHING STATUS: Out of print AVAILABILITY: Not available TERRITORY: WORLD
30 Americans Rubell Family Collection, Third Edition
Published by Rubell Family Collection. Text by Franklin Sirmans, Glenn Ligon, Robert Hobbs, Michele Wallace.
Since the 1960s, Miami's Rubell family has collected the works of the most relevant contemporary African American artists as an integral part of their broader mission to collect the most interesting art of our time. 30 Americans serves as both the catalogue for their current exhibition of African American art at the Contemporary Art Center New Orleans and a visual record of the Rubell family's diverse collection, which spans genres and generations. This expanded third edition contains not only artists long collected by the Rubells such as Robert Colescott, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Renée Green, David Hammons, Barkley Hendricks, Kerry James Marshall, Gary Simmons, Lorna Simpson, Kara Walker and Carrie Mae Weems, but also those who have recently been catapulted to the forefront of the art world, such as Kalup Linzy, Nick Cave, Iona Rozeal Brown, Rashid Johnson, Mikalene Thomas, Hank Willis Thomas, Kehinde Wiley and Wangechi Mutu.
