{"product_id":"the-black-index","title":"The Black Index","description":"\u003cp\u003eby Bridget R Cooks (Editor), Sarah Watson (Editor)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe artists featured in The Black Index—Dennis Delgado, Alicia Henry, Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle, Titus Kaphar, Whitfield Lovell, and Lava Thomas—build upon the tradition of Black self-representation as an antidote to colonialist images. Their translations of photography challenge the medium’s long-assumed qualities of objectivity, legibility, and identification. Using drawing, sculpture, and digital technology to transform the recorded image, these artists question our reliance on photography as a privileged source for documentary objectivity and historical understanding. The works featured here offer an alternative practice—a Black index. In the hands of these six artists, the index still serves as a finding aid for information about Black subjects, but it also challenges viewers’ desire for classification and, instead, redirects them toward alternative information.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e128 pages\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublished November 2nd, 2021\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chicago Distribution Center","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":62463261180274,"sku":"ovk1791433944737","price":26.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8567\/6658\/files\/the-black-index_1.jpg?v=1791433951","url":"https:\/\/www.lorvorina.com\/products\/the-black-index","provider":"Vexlune","version":"1.0","type":"link"}