Rizzoli book explores Romare Bearden's Paris Blues collages
Rizzoli has released the first publication dedicated to Romare Bearden's rarely seen 'Paris Blues' collage series. Created in 1981, the nineteen collages were conceived as pages for an oversized book responding to the Hollywood film 'Paris Blues.' Bearden (1911–1988), a leading African American artist often called the consummate jazz painter, used the series to explore African American experience and his lifelong relationship with jazz. The publication reexamines his work from early oil paintings to iconic collages in the context of jazz music.
Key facts
- Rizzoli published the first book focused on Romare Bearden's 'Paris Blues' collage series.
- Bearden created nineteen collages in 1981 for the series.
- The series was conceived as pages for an oversized book responding to the film 'Paris Blues'.
- Bearden is described as the consummate jazz painter.
- The collages explore African American experience and jazz music.
- The publication traces jazz's impact on Bearden's work from early oil paintings to collages.
- Bearden lived from 1911 to 1988.
- The series is also referred to as the 'Jazz' series.
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- Rizzoli