Romare Bearden: the Caribbean dimension

Abstract

Romare Bearden (1911-1988), the great African American artist, spent much of the last two decades of his life on the Caribbean island of St Martin. This book focuses on several themes that Bearden treated in his Caribbean work. It also reassesses Bearden's Caribbean experience, locating it at the very center of his artistic legacy.

Contents

Romare Bearden: a life in art -- A painter's mind -- Watercolor country -- Changing your anchor -- The Walcott collaboration -- Enchanted places -- Bearden's Caribbean aesthetic -- The prevalence of Martinique -- The St. Martin paintings -- Going to the edge: rituals of the Obeah -- Don't stop the carnival -- At low tide -- Redeeming a tradition.