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The Resource "Something over something else" : Romare Bearden's Profile series, essays by Stephanie Mayer Heydt, Robert G. O'Meally, Rachael Z. DeLue, Paul Devlin ; with an introduction by Ruth Fine

"Something over something else" : Romare Bearden's Profile series, essays by Stephanie Mayer Heydt, Robert G. O'Meally, Rachael Z. DeLue, Paul Devlin ; with an introduction by Ruth Fine

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Summary
"In November 1977, the 'New Yorker' published a feature-length biography of artist Romare Bearden by Calving Tomkins as part of its Profiles series. The essay, titled 'Profiles: Putting Something Over Something Else' (using Bearden's words to describe the creative process), brought national focus to the artist, whose rise had seemed nearly meteoric since the late 1960s. The experience of the interview prompted Bearden to launch an autobiographical collection he called 'Profiles'. He sequenced the project in two parts: 'Part I, The Twenties,' which featured memories from his youth in the South and in Pittsburgh, and 'Part II, The Thirties,' about his early adult life in New York. Bearden collaborated with friend and writer Albert Murray on a short statement to accompany each piece. These appeared scripted onto the walls of the 'Profile' exhibition to lead viewers on a visual and poetic journey. This landmark publication reassembles and reconsiders Bearden's 'Profile' series. Beyond providing the opportunity to explore and understudied body of work, the project investigates the roles of narrative and self-presentation for an artist who made a career of creating works based on memory and experience. It also reveals Bearden's own gestures away from the autobiographical and toward a broader view."
Language
  • eng
  • eng
Work
Publication
Extent
149 pages
Note
Published on the occasion of the exhibition at the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, September 14, 2019 - February 2, 2020 ; Cincinnati Art Museum, Ohio, February 28 - May 24, 2020
Contents
  • Rachael Z. DeLue
  • Two American modernists, second-person singular : Albert Murray's words in Romare Bearden's Profiles
  • Paul Devlin
  • Plates
  • Appendix 1.
  • "Reflections on the Exhibition, Profile/Part I"
  • Romare Bearden
  • Appendix 2.
  • "Profiles: putting something over something else"
  • Calvin Tomkins
  • Director's foreword
  • Checklist of the exhibition
  • Acknowledgments
  • Romare Bearden : organizing chaos; an introduction
  • Ruth Fine
  • Self-revealing : autobiography, narrative, and Bearden's Profile series
  • Stephanie Mayer Heydt
  • A profile view of Bearden's Profile series : Robert G. O'Meally
  • The shape of the self : Romare Bearden's Artist with painting and model
Isbn
9780295746432
Instance
Label
"Something over something else" : Romare Bearden's Profile series
Title
"Something over something else"
Title remainder
Romare Bearden's Profile series
Statement of responsibility
essays by Stephanie Mayer Heydt, Robert G. O'Meally, Rachael Z. DeLue, Paul Devlin ; with an introduction by Ruth Fine
Contributor
Artist
Author
Host institution
Issuing body
Organizer
Publisher
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
"In November 1977, the 'New Yorker' published a feature-length biography of artist Romare Bearden by Calving Tomkins as part of its Profiles series. The essay, titled 'Profiles: Putting Something Over Something Else' (using Bearden's words to describe the creative process), brought national focus to the artist, whose rise had seemed nearly meteoric since the late 1960s. The experience of the interview prompted Bearden to launch an autobiographical collection he called 'Profiles'. He sequenced the project in two parts: 'Part I, The Twenties,' which featured memories from his youth in the South and in Pittsburgh, and 'Part II, The Thirties,' about his early adult life in New York. Bearden collaborated with friend and writer Albert Murray on a short statement to accompany each piece. These appeared scripted onto the walls of the 'Profile' exhibition to lead viewers on a visual and poetic journey. This landmark publication reassembles and reconsiders Bearden's 'Profile' series. Beyond providing the opportunity to explore and understudied body of work, the project investigates the roles of narrative and self-presentation for an artist who made a career of creating works based on memory and experience. It also reveals Bearden's own gestures away from the autobiographical and toward a broader view."
Assigning source
--publisher's description, dust jacket
Biography type
contains biographical information
Cataloging source
YDX
Date of event
  • September 14, 2019-February 2, 2020,
  • February 28-May 24, 2020,
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • portraits
  • facsimiles
  • photographs
Index
no index present
Language note
Text in English
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • bibliography
  • catalogs
Other event information
  • "'Something Over Something Else': Romare Bearden's Profile Series" :
  • "'Something Over Something Else': Romare Bearden's Profile Series" :
Place of event
  • High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
  • Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1911-1988,
  • 1911-1988
  • 1941-
  • 1948-
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Bearden, Romare
  • Bearden, Romare
  • Fine, Ruth
  • Heydt, Stephanie Mayer,
  • O'Meally, Robert G.
  • DeLue, Rachael Ziady,
  • Devlin, Paul,
  • High Museum of Art,
  • Cincinnati Art Museum,
  • University of Washington Press,
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Bearden, Romare
  • Bearden, Romare
  • Bearden, Romare
  • Bearden, Romare
  • Collage, American
  • African American art
  • African Americans in art
  • African American artists
  • Collage, American
Target audience
specialized
Label
"Something over something else" : Romare Bearden's Profile series, essays by Stephanie Mayer Heydt, Robert G. O'Meally, Rachael Z. DeLue, Paul Devlin ; with an introduction by Ruth Fine
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Note
Published on the occasion of the exhibition at the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, September 14, 2019 - February 2, 2020 ; Cincinnati Art Museum, Ohio, February 28 - May 24, 2020
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • text
  • still image
Content type code
  • txt
  • sti
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Contents
  • Rachael Z. DeLue
  • Two American modernists, second-person singular : Albert Murray's words in Romare Bearden's Profiles
  • Paul Devlin
  • Plates
  • Appendix 1.
  • "Reflections on the Exhibition, Profile/Part I"
  • Romare Bearden
  • Appendix 2.
  • "Profiles: putting something over something else"
  • Calvin Tomkins
  • Director's foreword
  • Checklist of the exhibition
  • Acknowledgments
  • Romare Bearden : organizing chaos; an introduction
  • Ruth Fine
  • Self-revealing : autobiography, narrative, and Bearden's Profile series
  • Stephanie Mayer Heydt
  • A profile view of Bearden's Profile series : Robert G. O'Meally
  • The shape of the self : Romare Bearden's Artist with painting and model
Control code
1104049243
Dimensions
29 x 27 cm
Extent
149 pages
Isbn
9780295746432
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations (chiefly color), portraits, photographs, facsimiles
System control number
(OCoLC)1104049243
Label
"Something over something else" : Romare Bearden's Profile series, essays by Stephanie Mayer Heydt, Robert G. O'Meally, Rachael Z. DeLue, Paul Devlin ; with an introduction by Ruth Fine
Publication
Copyright
Note
Published on the occasion of the exhibition at the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, September 14, 2019 - February 2, 2020 ; Cincinnati Art Museum, Ohio, February 28 - May 24, 2020
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • text
  • still image
Content type code
  • txt
  • sti
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Contents
  • Rachael Z. DeLue
  • Two American modernists, second-person singular : Albert Murray's words in Romare Bearden's Profiles
  • Paul Devlin
  • Plates
  • Appendix 1.
  • "Reflections on the Exhibition, Profile/Part I"
  • Romare Bearden
  • Appendix 2.
  • "Profiles: putting something over something else"
  • Calvin Tomkins
  • Director's foreword
  • Checklist of the exhibition
  • Acknowledgments
  • Romare Bearden : organizing chaos; an introduction
  • Ruth Fine
  • Self-revealing : autobiography, narrative, and Bearden's Profile series
  • Stephanie Mayer Heydt
  • A profile view of Bearden's Profile series : Robert G. O'Meally
  • The shape of the self : Romare Bearden's Artist with painting and model
Control code
1104049243
Dimensions
29 x 27 cm
Extent
149 pages
Isbn
9780295746432
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations (chiefly color), portraits, photographs, facsimiles
System control number
(OCoLC)1104049243

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