Rhapsodies in Black: Art of the Harlem Renaissance Book

In 1997 an exhibition of visual arts was put on at the Hayward Gallery which showcased the artistic movement known as the Harlem Renaissance. This is a series of essays written to accompany the exhibition tour. (It was also displayed at the Arnolfini Gallery in Bristol and the Mead Gallery in Warwick. In 1998 the exhibition went to San Francisco and Washington.)
Not all the featured artists are from New York or African-American, or even all dark skinned. The exhibition and the essays link what was happening in Harlem with the European Modernism movement, native African art and movements within the African diaspora around the world. There are high quality reproductions of paintings, graphic art and sculpture, both journalistic and artistic photographs, coverage of the music, theatre and film of the time and some mention of the literature. There are extended reviews of Orson Welles' production of Macbeth, Josephine Baker's dance and film work, Paul Robeson, jazz and Doris Ullman's photography, as well as chapters putting all this creativity into both a global and a specifically Harlem context.