Sculpture and Archaeology (Subject/Object: New Studies in Sculpture)

Description

This beautifully written study focuses on the life and public sculpture of Meta Warrick Fuller (1877每1968), one of the early twentieth century＊s few African American women artists. To understand Fuller＊s strategy for negotiating race, history, and visual representation, Ren谷e Ater examines the artist＊s contributions to three early twentieth-century expositions: the Warwick Tableaux, a set of dioramas for the Jamestown Tercentennial Exposition (1907);
, a freestanding group for the National Emancipation Exposition (1913); and
, the figure of a single female for the America＊s Making Exposition (1921). Ater argues that Fuller＊s efforts to represent black identity in art provide a window on the Progressive Era and its heated debates about race, national identity, and culture.