Billie Zangewa by Dexter Wimberly - ISBN: 9781951836863
Hardcover
Black women’s lives stitched into silk tapestries of identity and intimacy.

Billie Zangewa

Thread for a Web Begun

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  • Hardcover

    112 pages

  • Release Date

    29 August 2023

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Summary

Published to accompany the exhibition presented by the Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD) in San Francisco, Billie Zangewa: Thread for a Web Begun explores Zangewa’s creation of literal and figurative tapestries of the everyday lives and contemporary intersectional identities of Black women. Through her hand-sewn silk collages, which primarily depict Black women in the domestic sphere, Zangewa reclaims a medium that was once relegated as “women’s work” and delves into the familiar…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781951836863
ISBN-10:1951836863
Author:Dexter Wimberly, Museum of the African Diaspora
Publisher:Cameron & Company Inc
Imprint:Cameron & Company Inc
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:112
Release Date:29 August 2023
Weight:2.00kg
Dimensions:29mm x 288mm x 369mm
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Billie Zangewa by Dexter Wimberly - ISBN: 9781951836863
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About The Author

Dexter Wimberly

Dexter Wimberly has exhibited the work of hundreds of artists internationally and founded the Hayama Artist Residency in Japan. During his decade-long career, he has organized exhibitions and programs at dozens of museums and galleries, including the Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD), the Contemporary Art Museum (CAM) Raleigh, the California African American Museum, the Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts (MoCADA), 101/EXHIBIT gallery, Edward Tyler Nahem Fine Art, bitforms gallery, Koki Arts gallery (Tokyo), and the Third Line Gallery (Dubai).

The Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD), a Smithsonian affiliate, is a contemporary art museum that celebrates Black cultures, ignites challenging conversations, and inspires learning through the global lens of the African Diaspora. MoAD is uniquely positioned as one of the few museums in the world focused exclusively on African Diaspora culture and on presenting the rich cultural heritage of the people of Africa and of African descendant cultures all across the globe.

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