{"product_id":"marlon-griffith-9781911164043","title":"Marlon Griffith","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Emelie Chhangur | Chanzo Greenidge | Gabriel Levine\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Black Dog Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Black Dog Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Individual Artists - Monographs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the first monograph on the procession and installation practice of Trinidadian-born, Japan based artist Marlon Griffith. With essays by Emelie Chhangur, Chanzo Greenidge, Gabriel Levine, and Claire Tancons, \u003ci\u003eSymbols of Endurance\u003c\/i\u003e explores Griffith's unique contribution to contemporary art through a detailed analysis of the artist's formative engagement with vernacular tradition, popular and festive forms of civic celebration, and performative forms of colonial cultural resistance in the Americas.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSymbols of Endurance\u003c\/i\u003e follows Griffith's artistic trajectory from his early career as a designer, or 'Masman', for Carnivals in Trinidad and London and considers these origins in relation to his later largescale public processions created and staged in-situ across the globe for contemporary art audiences.\u003cbr\u003eThis publication is a major contribution for anyone engaged in participatory practices of collective and creative resistance, performance as mode of public address and intercultural exchange, and alternative forms of exhibition making in the civic sphere.\u003cbr\u003ePublished in partnership with Art Gallery of York University.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Black Dog Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47999557795991,"sku":"9781911164043","price":1606.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781911164043.webp?v=1783601023","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/marlon-griffith-9781911164043","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}