Hammons, David (Curator); Clark, Ed; Whitney, Stanley; Thomasos, Denyse - Quiet As Its Kept: Pictoribus atque poetis / quidlibet audendi semper fuit aequa potestas (Signed)

David Hammons (Curator). Ed Clark, Stanley Whitney, Denyse Thomasos. Geoffrey Jacques (Essay).  Haf-Fa-Rool (Afterword). Quiet As Its Kept: Pictoribus atque poetis / quidlibet audendi semper fuit aequa potestas. Christine König Galerie, 2002.  Softcover.  76 pages.  Three color plates.  English/German.  Very good. Wear to top & bottom near spine.Light corner wear.  Signed by Ed Clark.  A unique exhibition curated by the artist David Hammons, Quiet as it's Kept, an exhibition featuring three painters based in New York, seeks to challenge the comforting discourse surrounding the presumed transnational identity of abstract painting. Painters ED CLARK, STANLEY WHITNEY, and DENYSE THOMASOS are all abstract artists who are also African Americans. Each one works in New York City. While none of this seems remarkable in itself, this exhibition seeks to challenge the commonplace identification the art public often makes between black artists and what might be called facile narratives