Oral history interview with Cliff Joseph

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Oral history interview with Cliff Joseph

1972

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Interview of Cliff Joseph conducted in 1972, by Doloris Holmes, for the Archives of American Art "Art World in Turmoil" oral history project. Joseph discusses the formation of the Black Emergency Cultural Coalition, which he co-chaired, in response to a show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art called "Harlem on My Mind." He talks about the impact of the black experience in art, his own art, and his affiliation with social protest artists. He describes the Coalition's attempts to persuade the Whitney to produce a show of black artists with a black curator.

Transcript: 9 p.

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Joseph, Cliff, 1922-

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Painter, educator; New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Cliff Joseph, 1972. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84018629 ...

Black Emergency Cultural Coalition

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Black Emergency Cultural Coalition Inc. (BECC) was organized in January 1969 by a group of African American artists in response to the Metropolitan Museum of Art's "Harlem on My Mind" exhibit, which omitted the contributions of African American painters and sculptors to the Harlem community. Members of this initial group that protested against the exhibit included several prominent African American artists, including Benny Andrews and Clifford R. Joseph, cofounders of the BECC. The ...

Holmes, Doloris

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Doloris Holmes, performance artist, poet and founder and director of the White Mask Theatre, has been active in the New York area since 1962. From the description of Doloris Holmes papers, 1966-1996. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122466185 Doloris Holmes is a performance artist and poet who founded the White Mask Theatre. Her work has been exhibited in the New York area since 1962. In 1972 she went to Spain to visit a prehistoric cave and was profoundly infl...