"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. 
 - 149 pages :  illustrations (chiefly color), portraits, photographs, facsimiles ;  29 x 27 cm. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/> Romare Bearden : organizing chaos; an introduction /  Self-revealing : autobiography, narrative, and Bearden's Profile series /  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 /  Two American modernists, second-person singular : Albert Murray's words in Romare Bearden's Profiles /  "Reflections on the Exhibition, Profile/Part I" /  "Profiles: putting something over something else" /  Ruth Fine --  Stephanie Mayer Heydt --  Rachael Z. DeLue --  Paul Devlin --  Romare Bearden --  Calvin Tomkins --  Director's foreword --  Acknowledgments --  Plates --  Appendix 1.  Appendix 2.  Checklist of the exhibition. 
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<br/><br/> "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." 
<br/><br/><br/>Text in English. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0295746432 9780295746432 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Bearden, Romare, 1911-1988 --Exhibitions.<br/>Bearden, Romare, 1911-1988 --Criticism and interpretation.<br/>Bearden, Romare, 1911-1988 --Themes, motives.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Chronological Terms: </label><br/>1900-1999 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Collage, American--20th century--Exhibitions.<br/>African American art--20th century--Exhibitions.<br/>African Americans in art--20th century--Exhibitions.<br/>African American artists--North Carolina--20th century--Exhibitions.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Exhibition catalogs.<br/>Essays.<br/>Illustrated works.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>N6537 .B4  / A4 2019