UPFRONT : A Publication of PADD (Political Art Documentation and Distribution)

No. 10 (Fall 1985)

Stuart Garber, Jerry Kearns, Lucy R. Lippard, Stuart Garber, Jim Traub, Charles Frederick, Blaise Tobia Diane Agosta, Caryn Rogoff, Abigail Norman, Jerry Kearns

Periodical on political art. Edited by Stuart Garber. Essays "State of Mind/State of the Union, Introduction and Listing"; "SM/U Working Conditions:...What Next?" by Jerry Kearns and Lucy R. Lippard; "SM/U Exhibitions: Wrestling with the Darkness," by Stuart Garber; "SM/U Performances I: A Dose of Cold Reality," by Jim Traub: "SM/U Imagegrams from the PADD ARCHIVES"; "SM/U Performances II: To Compare Apples and Oranges. ... [details]

America, why hast thou forsaken us. James Baldwin: "Civil disobedience for equality." We won't pay rent.

James Baldwin

Single sided flyer / announcement calling for a rent strike [organized by CORE (Congress of Racial Equality)] in the Bedford-Stuyvesant and Harlem neighborhoods in New York in 1963 in response to the white supremacist terrorist bombing of a Birmingham church which killed four black children and injured others. ... [details]

Beauford Delaney : A Retrospective

Beauford Delaney, Richard A. Long, James Baldwin, Henry Miller, Joseph Delaney

Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held April 9 - July 2, 1978. Includes writing by James Baldwin, Henry Miller, and Joseph Delaney. Also includes 67 color and black-and-white images, chronology and selected bibliography. [details]

Mounting Frustration : The Art Museum in the Age of Black Power

Susan E. Cahan

"In 'Mounting Frustration' Susan E. Cahan investigates the strategies African American artists and museum professionals employed as they wrangled over access to and the direction of New York City's elite museums. ... [details]

Radical Presence: Black Performance in Contemporary Art

Valerie Cassel Oliver, Yona Backer, Naomi Beckwith, Tavia Nyong'o, Clifford Owens, Franklin Sirmans, Derrick Adams, Terry Adkins, Papo Colo, Jamal Cyrus, Jean-Ulrick Désert, Zachary Fabri, Sherman Fleming (aka RodForce), Coco Fusco, Theaster Gates, Girl (Chitra Ganesh and Simone Leigh), David Hammons, Trenton Doyle Hancock, Lyle Ashton Harris, Maren Hassinger, Wayne Hodge, Satch Hoyt, Ulysses S. Jenkins, Peter Kennedy, Shaun El C. Leonardo, Kalup Linzy, Dave McKenzie, Jayson Musson, Senga Nengudi, Tameka Norris, Lorraine O'Grady, Benjamin Patterson, Adam Pendleton, Adrian Piper, William Pope.L, Rammellzee Mic Controller, Jacolby Satterwhite, Dread Scott, Xaviera Simmons, Sur Rodney, Hope Sandrow, Daniel Tisdale, Carrie Mae Weems

Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held at Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX, November 17, 2012 - February 15, 2013. Traveled to Grey Art Gallery at New York University, New York, NY, September 10 - December 7, 2013 and The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY November 14, 2013 - March 9, 2014; and Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, July 24, 2014 - January 11, 2015. ... [details]

We Wanted a Revolution : Black Radical Women 1965-85, A Sourcebook

Catherine Morris, Rujeko Hockley, Connie H. Choi, Carmen Hermo, Stephanie Weissberg, Jeanne Siegel, Larry Neal, Jeff Donaldson, Kay Brown, Mary Ann Weathers, Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Margaret Sloan, Audre Lorde, Michele Wallace, Art Workers Coalition, John Dowell, Sam Gilliam, Daniel Johnson, Joe Overstreet, Melvin Edwards, Richard Hunt, William T. Williams, Flo Kennedy, Gerald Lefcourt, Robert Projansky, Lucy R. Lippard, Linda Goode Bryant, Janet Henry, Greg Tate, Craig Dennis Street, Tony Whitfield, Senga Nengudi, The Combahee River Collective, Lowery Stokes Sim P.H.D., Dawn Russell, Naeemah Shabazz, Lorraine O'Grady, Vivian E. Browne, Cynthia Carr, Michele Godwin, Hattie Gossett, Carole Gregory, Sue Heinemann, May Stevens, Cecilia Vicuña, Sylvia Witts Vitale, Emma Amos, Lorna Simpson, Ana Mendieta, Beverly Buchanan, Howardina Pindell, Gloria Anzaldúa, James Baldwin, bell hooks, Lisa Jones, Rodeo Caldonia, Anne Pasternak

Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held at the Brooklyn Museum, New York, NY, April 21 - September 17, 2017. Traveled to California African American Museum, Los Angeles, CA, October 13, 2017 - January 14, 2018; Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY, February 17, 2018 - May 27, 2018; and The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA, June 26, 2018 - September 30, 2018. ... [details]

Radical Theatre Repertory 1968-69

The Living Theatre, Firehouse Theatre, Open Theatre, The Performance Group, Daytop Theatre Company, Om Theatre Workshop of Boston, Pageant Players, Gut Theatre, Concept East: New York, Drama Group of Mobilization for Youth, Theatre Black, Black Troupe, Playhouse of the Ridiculous, Caravan Theatre, Bread and Puppet Theater, El Teatro Campesino, San Francisco Mime Troupe

Compendium featuring black and white photographs, descriptions, and quotes about each of the experimental theatre groups that made up the participating groups of the Radical Theatre Repertory in the 1968-69 season. ... [details]

Free the Panther 21 Press Release and Flyer / Black Panther Candidates Pamphlet

Huey Newton, Bobby Seale

Set of three Black Panther Party flyers and pamphlet publicizing a protest against the detention of the "Panther 21," a press release from December 18, 1969 asking for support for the NY Panther 21 Legal Defense Fund, and a pamphlet advocating Huey Newton for US Congress and Bobby Seale for State Assembly in California, featuring a Black Panther ten point list of "What We Want" and a manifesto of "What We Believe. ... [details]

The Artist in Society : Roles, Rights and Responsibilities

Carol Becker, Henry A. Giroux, Page duBois, Homi K. Bhabha, Kathy Acker, Michael Eric Dyson, Michael Brenson, Ronne Hartfield

Critical theory essays published in conjunction with the conference held October 13 - 15, 1994, School of Art Institute Chicago, Illinois. Essays by Carol Becker, Henry A. Giroux, Page duBois, Homi K. ... [details]