EAN: 9781644231203

ANY DAY NOW TOWARD A BLACK AESTHETIC - LARRY NE...

A comprehensive and inspiring collection of essays by Larry Neal  a founder of the seminal
Black Arts Movement. The Black Arts Movement is radically opposed to any concept of the artist
that alienates him from his community. Black Art is the aesthetic and spiritual sister of the
Black Power concept. As such  it envisions an art that speaks directly to the needs and
aspirations of Black America. - Larry Neal Growing up in Philadelphia  Neal was surrounded by
Bebop music and writing. He culled inspiration and teachings from Ralph Ellison  Langston
Hughes  and the leaders of the Harlem Renaissance. After studying folklore at the University of
Pennsylvania  Neal became a prolific poet and critic  and he served as the arts editor for the
Liberator where he published many of his essays about art. Neal encouraged artists to produce
work that was not only politically engaged but also unapologetically rooted in the Black
experience  and this message reverberated through African American literature  theater  music 
and visual arts. He probed the notion of the Western art historical canon and challenged Black
artists and writers to reshape artistic traditions. Deeply invested in cultural and personal
understandings of the artist's intentions and experiences  Neal argues that to properly create
and critique a work of art one must invest in the history of the artist's culture. With an
introduction by the writer and researcher Allie Biswas  this publication celebrates and
memorializes the great writings of a powerful and influential activist and artist.

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