1971: A YEAR IN THE LIFE OF COLOR (UNIV OF CHICAGO) (HB)

In this book, art historian Darby English explores the year 1971, when two exhibitions opened that brought modernist painting and sculpture into the burning heart of black cultural politics: Contemporary Black Artists in America and The DeLuxe Show. At a time when many debates about identity sought closure, these exhibitions offered openings; when icons and slogans touted simple solutions, they chose difficulty. But above all, these exhibitions and artists responded with optimism rather than cynicism to the surrounding culture's preoccupation with colour.