Howardena Pindell: Reclaiming Abstraction Cowan Sarah Louise

Exploring the art and life of this important American artist whose work bridged the gaps between abstraction, feminism, and Blackness "A deeply informative, inventive monograph that adroitly traces Pindell's multi-media practice, the intermingling evolution of her aesthetic and political positions, and the critical context in which her work was received and evaluated."--Blake Oetting, caa.reviewsHowardena Pindell: Reclaiming Abstraction is a fascinating examination of the multifaceted career of artist, activist, curator, and writer Howardena Pindell (b. 1943). Sarah Louise Cowan not only asserts Pindell's rightful It offers a fresh perspective on her abstract practice from the late 1960s through the early 1980s--a period in which debates about Black Power, feminism, and modernist abstraction intersected in uniquely contentious yet generative ways.