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 Recent Faculty Publications

Books

1.  Cutting a Figure: Fashioning Black Portraiture. University of Chicago Press, (2008).
2.  Black Art: A Cultural History. London: Thames and Hudson, Ltd., (2002). (Revised & expanded edition of Black Art & Culture in the 20th Century, 1997; Spanish translation: Arte y Cultura Negros en el Siglo XX, Barcelona: Ediciones Destino, S.A., 1998)
3.  Jacob Lawrence. New York: Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., (1992).
4.  Homecoming: The Art and Life of William H. Johnson. New York: W. W. Norton, (1991).

Articles Published

1. Richard J. Powell. ""The Picturesque, Miss Nottage and the Caribbean Sublime"." Small Axe: A Caribbean Journal of Criticism  vol. 25 (February, 2008): 157-168.
2. Richard J. Powell. ""Racial Imaginaries, from Charles White's Preacher to Jean-Paul Goude and Grace Jones' Nigger Arabesque"." Back to Black: Art, Cinema and the Racial Imaginary  (2005): 9-27.
3. Richard J. Powell. ""On James A. Porter's and (our) Modern Negro Art"." A Proud Continuum: Eight Decades of Art at Howard University  (2005): 25-28.
4. "Linguists, Poets, and ‘Others’ on African American Art." American Art  vol. 17 (Spring, 2003): 16-19.
5. "Appreciation. Jacob Lawrence: Keep on Movin’." American Art  vol. 15 (Spring, 2001): 90-93.
6. "To Be Real." The Barkley L. Hendricks Experience  (2001): 13-15.
7. "Sartor Africanus." Dandies: Fashion and Finesse in Art and Culture. Edited by Susan Fillin-Yeh.  (2001): 217-242.
8. "Harmonizer of Chaos." Over the Line: The Art and Life of Jacob Lawrence. Edited by Peter Nesbett and Michelle DuBois.  (2000): 147-163.
9. "Conjuring Canes and Bible Quilts: Through the Prism of Nineteenth Century African American Spirituality." African Americans and the Bible: Sacred Texts and Social Textures. Edited by Vincent L. Wimbush.  (2000): 342-354.
10. "Lamentations from the ‘Hood." Kerry James Marshall/Mementos  (2000): 31-47.
11. "The Blues Aesthetic: Black Culture and Modernism." African American Literary Criticism, 1773 to 2000. Edited by Hazel Arnett Ervin.  (1999).

Edited Volumes

1. Richard J. Powell. "Paesaggio come evasion. Soggezione e affrancamento nelle immagini ottocentesche di afroamericani". Pittura Americana del XIX secolo: Atti del convegno  (2008): 116-136.

Exhibition Catalogs

1. Richard J. Powell. "Barkley L. Hendricks, Anew".  edited by Trevor SchoonmakerNasher Museum of Art at Duke University, (2008): 38-57.
2. Richard J. Powell & Martin Puryear. "A Conversation with Martin Puryear".  edited by John ElderfieldMuseum of Modern Art, New York, (2007): 99-110.
3. Richard J. Powell. "The Aaron Douglas Effect".  edited by Susan EarleYale University Press, New Haven, CT, (2007): 53-73.
4. Richard J. Powell. "Changing, Conjuring Reality". Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, (2006): 19-31.
5. Richard J. Powell. Circle Dance: The Art of John T. Scott. University of Mississippi Press, (2005).
6.  Beauford Delaney: The Color Yellow. Atlanta: High Museum of Art, (2002).
7.  To Conserve a Legacy: American Art from Historically Black Colleges and Universities: The Digital Exhibition. Cambridge: MIT Press, (2000). (Script and recorded narration of the virtual exhibition tour) [com]
8.  Rhapsodies in Black: Music and Words from the Harlem Renaissance. (2000). (Essay and consultant for a CD box set, Rhino Records R2 79874)