Author: Hawkins, CynthiaCynthia Hawkins' practice embraces the improvisational to create a space for her continually evolving vocabulary. From 1979 to 1981, she documented these developments in a journal, reproduced here. A record of routine and the everyday, the journal also gathers sketches, notes for new and in-progress works, and responses to contemporary art and criticism. This richly illustrated book includes key works and archival material, and explores the Black gallery scene of 1970s & 1980s New York. 'Art Notes, Art' also offers a picture of the burgeoning Black-owned gallery scene in New York that Hawkins was an important participant in—including Just Above Midtown, where she had her first solo exhibition in 1981—as well as the women artists’ circle she was an active member of. The book is richly illustrated with works by the artist produced during this key period, photographs and ephemera, and a visual archive of contemporaneous work by her peers. ISBN 9781954939059. CARA. pb. 200 pages. 50 colour, 20 b/w ills. 25.4 x 17.8 cm.available
