Shifting Time: African American Artists 2020-2021
Price: $30.00 USD
Shifting Time: African American Artists 2020-2021 explores how contemporary Black artists responded to the emotional and cultural challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, social justice movements, and political upheaval during this critical period of turmoil and uncertainty. Co-edited by Klare Scarborough and Berrisford Boothe, the book offers a glimpse into the lives of over 70 African American artists, featuring personal essays, creative poetry, artistic statements, memorial tributes.
Hardback | 240 pages | 214 illustrations | color | 2023
Women Heal through Rite and Ritual
Price: $25.00 USD
Women Heal through Rite and Ritual draws from the imaginative narratives of artists Lavett Ballard, Tawny Chatmon, Oletha DeVane, Shanequa Gay, Delita Martin, Elsa Muñoz, and Renée Stout who look to non-Western traditions for inspiration in exploring a woman’s role as nurturer of family and community; and as a traditional healer, conjure woman, and clairvoyant who dwells in both the physical and spiritual realms.
Paperback | 53 pages | color | 2021
AfriCOBRA: The Evolution of a Movement
Price: $30.00 USD – Limited-edition
Galerie Myrtis offers for sale the exhibition catalogue AfriCOBRA: The Evolution of a Movement, commemorating the 50th anniversary of AfriCOBRA (African Commune of Bad Relevant Artists) the coalition of black revolutionary artists whose aesthetic emerged from activism and a commitment to rail against racism through positive, powerful and uplifting imagery.
Paperback | 40 pages | 39 color and black and white illustrations | 2018
Our Common Bond: Mother, Daughter, Sister, Self
Price: $20.00 USD
Our Common Bond: Mother, Daughter, Sister, Self is a compelling testament to the complex societal roles of Black women, derived from imagery of African-American women artists who are bound by their personal experiences as mothers, daughters and sisters; and the effort to maintain their self-identity.
Paperback | 44 pages | 32 color illustrations | 2008
What is your Tar Baby?
Price: $15.00 USD – SALE: $7.50
What do President Barack Obama, Marilyn Monroe, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Paul Reubens (Pee-wee Herman) have in common? According to artist Charly Palmer, each has a “Tar Baby”. In this exhibition, Palmer boldly asks “What is your Tar Baby?” as he appropriates African folklore to address issues of bigotry, racism and stereotypes.
Paperback | 56 pages | 47 color illustrations | 2010
Michael Gross: Abstraction
Price: $20.00 USD
Michael Gross, painter and printmaker, offers expressive and emotionally filled works using a kaleidoscope of color. Gross creates art as “a means of grappling with the impulses and struggles that make up the way I see my place in the world.” Through his visual lexicon, which is devoid of ideological reference, Gross seeks to create order from chaos. His lyrical compositions of concatenated lines, textured surfaces and rich hues, invoke Abstract Expressionism and pay homage to artists who inspire his work: Willem de Kooning, Richard Diebenkorn and Jackson Pollock.
Ancient Traditions – Contemporary Forms
Price: $5.00 USD
The cultural voices of the Ghanaian artists are juxtaposed against the rhythm and harmony of the African American artists. As in the tradition of African music, the Ghanaians extend the ancient “call,” eliciting a contemporary “response” from the African Americans. Through this cultural song, we discover the innate similarities derived from the ties of African ancestry— a bond which has not ceased by the separation of an ocean, a bond which continues through atavistic memory.
Paperback | 50 pages | 43 black and white illustrations | 2004