Reflections in Black, the first comprehensive history of black photographers, is a groundbreaking pictorial collection of African American life. Featuring the work of undisputed masters such as James VanDerZee, Gordon Parks, and Carrie Mae Weems among dozens of others, this book is a refutation of the gross caricature of black life that many mainstream photographers have manifested by continually emphasizing poverty over family, despair over hope. Nearly 600 images offer rich, moving glimpses of everyday black life, from slavery to the Great Migration to contemporary suburban life, including rare antebellum daguerrotypes, photojournalism of the civil rights era, and multimedia portraits of middle-class families. A work so significant that it has the power to reconfigure our conception of American history itself, Reflections in Black demands to be included in every American family's library as an essential part of our heritage. A Los Angeles Times and Washington Post Book World Best Book of 2000, and a Good Morning, America best gift book of 2000.
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Baton Rouge Gallery’s limited edition Lovebirds Whiskey Glass Set features original artwork from BRG Artist Member Kathryn Hunter. These 12.75 oz. heavy sham glasses are ideal for whiskey, cocktails, or your favorite spirits. The larger capacity is great for doubles, and the clean, simple lines make these classic glasses perfect for any setting. Crafted with a heavy base for balance, these glasses are both durable and attractive.
This set features Hunter’s Lovebirds: Ravens and Lovebirds: Spider Lily on the face of the two glasses. The base of each glass features an etched BRG logo as well as the artist’s name and title of the featured work. All glasses are 100% dishwasher safe.
Glass dimensions: 4 1/8” tall, 3” wide at base, 3 5/16” wide at lip
*Set is available for in-person pickup at BRG only
**All glasses should be washed before use.
Photos courtesy of Heather McClelland Photography
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Movies & Music on the Lawn allows Louisiana-based bands to flex their muscles while composing and performing never-before-heard scores for some of the silent-era’s greatest movies. Best of all, you enjoy it all while relaxing under the stars in BREC’s City Park with free popcorn!
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100% of all proceeds from this product will go to Baton Rouge Pride (a local, volunteer-run nonprofit dedicated to providing resources, education, cultural events, and other community-building activities for the South Louisiana LGBTQ+ community and its friends, families, and allies). batonrougepride.org
This classic unisex jersey short sleeve tee fits like a well-loved favorite. Soft cotton will make you fall in love with it over and over again. These t-shirts have-ribbed knit collars to bolster shaping. The shoulders have taping for better fit over time. Dual side seams hold the garment's shape for longer.
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Love is love. Period.
100% of all proceeds from this product will go to Baton Rouge Pride (a local, volunteer-run nonprofit dedicated to providing resources, education, cultural events, and other community-building activities for the South Louisiana LGBTQ+ community and its friends, families, and allies). batonrougepride.org
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A fairytale unlike any other, born in the swamp…
BRG artist member Kelli Scott Kelley’s 2014 book, Accalia and the Swamp Monster, is a surreal journey through a haunting southern landscape. In it, Kelley borrows from Roman myths, Jungian analysis, and the psychology of fairy tales to create a truly unique story of family dysfunction, atonement, and transformation.
Reproductions of her artwork -- mixed-media paintings executed on repurposed antique linens -- punctuate the tale of Accalia, who is tasked with recovering the arms of her father from the belly of the swamp monster. Visually and metaphorically, Accalia's odyssey enchants and displaces as Kelley delicately balances the disquieting with the familiar.
Rich in symbolism and expertly composed, Accalia and the Swamp Monster pulls readers into the physical realm through Kelley's chimerical imagery and then pushes them towards the inner world of the subconscious. To that end, Kelley's story is accompanied by essays from Jungian analyst Constance Romero and art historian Sarah Bonner.
A culmination of nearly a decade of work, introspection, and research, Accalia and the Swamp Monster is both an entrancing display of Kelley's art and an affirmation of the transformative power of fairy tales.
Each copy is hand signed by Kelli Scott Kelley.
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Pages: 112
Format: Hardcover
Dimensions: 8.6 x 0.8 x 9 inches
Publisher: LSU Press
ISBN-13: 978-0807155134
The And We Went: 60 Years After The Baton Rouge Swim-In exhibition catalogue is a 60-page full-color publication documenting the works of the eleven artists included in the special exhibition. The catalog includes the original poem Chlorinated Comfort by Chancelier "xero" Skidmore, a piece commissioned specifically for And We Went. In addition, the catalogue also includes a historical account of the Baton Rouge Swim-In by Melissa Eastin (Archivist and Head of Special Collections for East Baton Rouge Parish Library), as well as essays from Dialogue on Race Louisiana CEO, Maxine Crump, and BREC Superintendent, Corey Wilson. Exhibition curator Jonell Logan also provides commentary on the crafting of the exhibition and the history of exclusion around swimming in America.
The catalogue includes full color reproductions of all the works featured in the exhibition as well as statements from Logan on each artist and their works.
Accompanying the 2022 FotoFocus Biennial exhibition, Free as They Want to Be considers the historical and contemporary role that photography and film have played in remembering legacies of slavery and its aftermath, while examining the social lives of Black Americans within various places, including the land, at home, in photographic albums, at historical sites and in public memory.
The publication, which takes its name from James Baldwin's 1961 book Nobody Knows My Name, presents some 20 artists working in photography, video, silkscreen, projection and mixed-media installation, all of which explore the possibilities of freedom. Their quest to be “as free as they want to be” is envisioned in the subject matter they explore, as well as in their drive to innovate aesthetic practices in photographic mediums.
Photographers and artists include: Terry Adkins, Radcliffe Bailey, J.P. Ball Studio, Sadie Barnett, Dawoud Bey, Sheila Pree Bright, Bisa Butler, Omar Victor Diop, Nona Faustine, Adama Delphine Fawundu, Daesha Devon Harris, Isaac Julien, Catherine Opie, Yelaine Rodriguez, Hank Willis Thomas, Lava Thomas, Carrie Mae Weems, Wendel White and William Earle Williams.