{"product_id":"cauleen-smith-give-it-or-leave-it-9780884541462","title":"Cauleen Smith: Give It or Leave It","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Cauleen Smith | Rhea Anastas | Rodney McMillian\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Institute of Contemporary Art, University of\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Institute of Contemporary Art, University of\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Individual Artists - Monographs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA multimedia portrait of four famed utopian sites celebrating a Black, spiritual America\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough films, objects, and installation, Chicago-based filmmaker Cauleen Smith (born 1967) offers an emotional axis by which to navigate four distinct universes: Alice Coltrane and her Sai Anantam ashram; a 1966 photo shoot by Bill Ray at Simon Rodia's Watts Towers in Los Angeles; Noah Purifoy and his desert assemblages in Joshua Tree; and black spiritualist Rebecca Cox Jackson and her Shaker community in 19th-century Philadelphia. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese locations, while not technically utopian societies, embody sites of historical speculation and radical generosity between artist and community. In reimagining a future through this mix, Smith casts a world that is black, feminist, spiritual and unabashedly alive. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis volume, wrapped in a frosted and foil-stamped dust jacket, contains full-color photographs of the multi-room installation and provides further insight into Smith's creative process and myriad influences through two interviews and a manifesto written by the artist.","brand":"Institute of Contemporary Art, University of","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46864503767191,"sku":"9780884541462","price":2152.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780884541462.webp?v=1769974565","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/cauleen-smith-give-it-or-leave-it-9780884541462","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}