[audiobook] Chicot County (Images of America) by Blake Wintory at Arts-Photography

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Ronald Lockett (1965ndash;1998) stands out among southern artists in the late twentieth century. Raised in the African American industrial city of Bessemer; Alabama; Lockett explored a range of recurring themes through his art: faith; the endless cycle of life; environmental degradation; historical events; the sweetness of idealized love; mourning; human emotion; and personal struggle. By the time Lockett died at age thirty-two; he had created an estimated four hundred works that document an extraordinary artistic evolution. This book offers the first in-depth critical treatment of Locketts art; alongside sixty full-color plates of the artists paintings and assemblages; shedding light on Locketts career and work. By placing Lockett at its center; contributors contextualize what might be best understood as the Birmingham-Bessemer School of art; which includes Thornton Dial; Joe Minter; and Lonnie Holley; and its turbulent social; economic; and personal contexts. While broadening our understanding of southern contemporary art; Fever Within uncovers how one artists work has become emblematic of the frustrated; yearning; unredeemed promises; and family and community resilience expressed by a generation of African American artists at the close of the twentieth century.Contributors include Paul Arnett; Sharon Patricia Holland; Katherine L. Jentleson; Thomas J. Lax; and Colin Rhodes.