Meaning Matter Memory: Selections from the Studio Museum in Harlem Collection

by Thelma Golden (Author), Connie H. Choi (Author), Mary Schmidt Campbell (Author), Kinshasha Holman-Conwill (Author), Lowery Stokes Sims (Author)

Meaning Matter Memory is a keepsake extension of the Studio Museum’s collection of artwork by artists of African descent. Beautiful illustrations of significant works by more than 250 artists are accompanied by original texts from more than 100 voices in the art world, including writers, scholars, artists, and critics.

Celebrating myriad voices and artistic media, styles, and eras, this handbook glimpses into the profound and manifold artistic achievements made by Black artists for over 200 years. The book exhibits and carries forward a principal tenet of the Studio Museum’s mission: to serve as the stewards of the work – old, new, and still to be created – by artists of African descent.