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The Art And Life Of Clarence Major
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Author : Keith Eldon Byerman
language : en
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Release Date : 2012
The Art And Life Of Clarence Major written by Keith Eldon Byerman and has been published by University of Georgia Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Clarence Major is an award-winning painter, fiction writer, and poet-as well as an essayist, editor, anthologist, lexicographer, and memoirist. He has been part of twenty-eight group exhibitions, has had fifteen one-man shows, and has published fourteen collections of poetry and nine works of fiction. The author traces Major's life and career from his complex family history in Georgia through his encounters with important literary and artistic figures in Chicago and New York to his present status as a respected writer, artist, teacher, and scholar living in California.
The Paintings And Drawings Of Clarence Major
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Author : Clarence Major
language : en
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Release Date : 2019-02-01
The Paintings And Drawings Of Clarence Major written by Clarence Major and has been published by Univ. Press of Mississippi this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-02-01 with Art categories.
In the first volume to collect the paintings and drawings of Clarence Major, readers are offered six decades of unique, colorful, and compelling canvases and works on paper—works of singular beauty and social relevance. These works represent Major’s personal painterly journey of passionate commitment to art. This generous selection of more than 150 paintings and drawings shows us the melding of rich ideas and fertile images, the braiding of imagination and motif. With their pleasing arrangement of elements, the works come vividly to life. Major often juxtaposes a decorative scheme with his own unique choice of color combinations, reinforced with rigorous brushstrokes that release chromatic energy. The paintings complement and challenge the great traditions of Realism, Impressionism, and Expressionism. Major is primarily a figurative and landscape painter. Here we find landscapes of singular vitality, rich in color and design, dramatic landscapes, and cityscapes representing, among other things, Major’s extensive travels in America and Europe. We are also treated to Major’s signature figurative work. In these paintings, he ventures fearlessly into familiar yet unexpected areas of richness. Also included is an introductory essay, “The Education of a Painter,” written by the artist, which further sheds light on and helps to lay a biographical, social, and historical foundation for this essential volume, reflecting a lifetime of serious commitment to painting at its best.
The Art And Life Of Clarence Major
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Author : Keith E. Byerman
language : en
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Release Date : 2012-06-01
The Art And Life Of Clarence Major written by Keith E. Byerman and has been published by University of Georgia Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-06-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Clarence Major is an award-winning painter, fiction writer, and poet—as well as an essayist, editor, anthologist, lexicographer, and memoirist. He has been part of twenty-eight group exhibitions, has had fifteen one-man shows, and has published fourteen collections of poetry and nine works of fiction. The Art and Life of Clarence Major is the first critical biography of this innovative African American writer and visual artist. Given the full cooperation of his subject, Keith E. Byerman traces Major’s life and career from his complex family history in Georgia through his encounters with important literary and artistic figures in Chicago and New York to his present status as a respected writer, artist, teacher, and scholar living in California. In his introduction, Byerman asks, “How does a black man who does not take race as his principal identity, an artist who deliberately defies mainstream rules, a social and cultural critic who wants to be admired by the world he attacks, and a creator who refuses to commit to one expressive form make his way in the world?” Tasking himself with opening up the multiple layers of problems and solutions in both the work and the life to consider the successes and the failures, Byerman reveals Major as one who has devoted himself to a life of experimental art that has challenged both literary and painterly practice and the conventional understanding of the nature of African American art. Major’s refusal to follow the rules has challenged readers and critics, but through it all, he has continued to produce quality work as a painter, poet, and novelist. His is the life of someone totally devoted to his creative work, one who has put his artistic vision ahead of fame, wealth, and sometimes even family. A Sarah Mills Hodge Fund Publication.
Dirty Bird Blues
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Author : Clarence Major
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2022-02-08
Dirty Bird Blues written by Clarence Major and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-02-08 with Fiction categories.
A quietly influential force in African American literature and art, Clarence Major makes his Penguin Classics debut with the twenty-fifth-anniversary edition of Dirty Bird Blues The PRH Audio book of Dirty Bird Blues by Clarence Major won a 2022 EARPHONE AWARD. Narrated by Dion Graham. A Penguin Classic Set in post-World War II Chicago and Omaha, the novel features Manfred Banks, a young, harmonica-blowing blues singer who is always writing music in his head. Torn between his friendships with fellow musicians and nightclub life and his responsibilities to his wife and child, along with the pressures of dealing with a racist America that assaults him at every turn, Manfred seeks easy answers in "Dirty Bird" (Old Crow whiskey) and in moving on. He moves to Omaha with hopes of better opportunities as a blue-collar worker, but the blues in his soul and the dreams in his mind keep bringing him back to face himself. After a nightmarish descent into his own depths, Manfred emerges with fresh awareness and possibility. Through Manfred, we witness and experience the process by which modern American English has been vitalized and strengthened by the poetry and the poignancy of the African-American experience. As Manfred struggles with the oppressive constraints of society and his private turmoil, his rich inner voice resonates with the blues.
Conversations With Clarence Major
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Author : Clarence Major
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002
Conversations With Clarence Major written by Clarence Major and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with African American authors categories.
For over forty years, Clarence Major (b. 1936) has engaged several artistic and literary pursuits, garnering acclaim for his paintings, edited anthologies, poetry collections, essays, and novels. His work within literature ranges from his popular dictionary of slang, Juba to Jive: A Dictionary of African-American Slang (1994), to such experimental novels as Emergency Exit (1979), Reflex and Bone Structure (1975), and My Amputations (1986). He has gained a reputation as one of America's most visionary and experimental African American writers. In Conversations with Clarence Major, the author comments thoughtfully on the diverse nature of his work. Major explores his influences, the methods he applies to the different types of writing he does, and his childhood in Atlanta and Chicago's South Side. The same openness and curiosity that make his work so various and rich allow Major to focus on and respond to each interviewer's concerns. Journalists, scholars, and show hosts pose questions about particular works, about the different ways Major creates, about his teaching of writing, about his views of nature, and about youth. In interviews from 1969 to 2001, Major transforms every interview into an encounter that informs him as well as the interviewer. His interest in the dynamic nature of language and life emerges in several discussions. "If language didn't change, it would die," he says in a 1994 interview. "It has to constantly change and evolve even if we're speaking at a small, secret level. It has to grow. Words are like organic things--they don't just go on. Some are reborn in different form." Featuring a previously unpublished interview with the volume's editor, as well as conversations with such notables as Larry McCaffery, Conversations with Clarence Major shows how the mind of an enormously talented and multifaceted artist works while conveying a sense of the generosity and optimism that keep Clarence Major experimenting and learning.
My Amputations
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Author : Clarence Major
language : en
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Release Date : 2008-01-07
My Amputations written by Clarence Major and has been published by University of Alabama Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-01-07 with Fiction categories.
This novel is about a man pursued by his shadow. Its protagonist is either a desperate ex-con who has become convinced that he is an important American novelist or a desperate American novelist who has become convinced that he, and most of what passes for literary life on three continents, is a con.
All Night Visitors
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Author : Clarence Major
language : en
Publisher: UPNE
Release Date : 1998
All Night Visitors written by Clarence Major and has been published by UPNE this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Fiction categories.
"All-Night Visitors is devoted to lush description. Mr. Major is unquestionably a sincere and passionate writer." -- New York Times
My Studio
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Author : Clarence Major
language : en
Publisher: LSU Press
Release Date : 2018-10-09
My Studio written by Clarence Major and has been published by LSU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-09 with Poetry categories.
Beginning and ending in Clarence Major’s atelier, My Studio demonstrates how art can influence our perception of the world, prompting “all the parts [to] coalesce into a cohesive whole.” With precise and engaging imagery, Major contemplates the spaces we occupy and the “beauty in everyday things” from the familiarity of his studio. “This is more than a room,” he observes. “It’s an unimpeded mental vista.” Major harnesses both humor and seriousness to investigate a wide range of human experiences. In “A Tragedy Indisputable,” he considers the funeral of a young boy, and the bewilderment and confusion of the crowd, whose “allegiance to logic and reason [is] now in perpetual sway.” In another poem, he paints the picture of a serene day interrupted by “the hammer’s sympathy for the nail, the chatter of ghosts in the bedroom.” In rethinking the relationship between poetry and the world of visual art, Major crafts an intricate and insightful collection, full of passion and inventive language, in which everyday life becomes an opportunity for inward reflection.
Clarence Major And His Art
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Author : Bernard W. Bell
language : en
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Release Date : 2001-01-01
Clarence Major And His Art written by Bernard W. Bell and has been published by UNC Press Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-01-01 with Art categories.
Offers a collection of Clarence Major's poetry, fiction, and art, providing critical interpretations alongside each selection.
Reflex And Bone Structure
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Author : Clarence Major
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
Reflex And Bone Structure written by Clarence Major and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Fiction categories.
Weaves a mystery in which imagination and fiction become tangled with reality.