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Essays

The essays in this section originally appeared in the printed exhibition catalogue, Now Dig This! Art and Black Los Angeles, 1960–1980.

Love Letter #1, by Charles White, 1971

Now Dig This!

An Introduction
Kellie Jones
Flight Fantasy, by David Hammons, 1983

The Art of Creative Survival

Daniel Widener
Apparitional Visitations, by Suzanne Jackson, 1973

Defending Black Imagination

The "L.A. Rebellion" School of Black Filmmakers
Jacqueline Stewart
John Outterbridge in his Los Angeles studio with "No Time for Jivin',"1969, at right, 1970

Black Art in L.A.

Photographs by Robert A. Nakamura
Karin Higa
Unknown, by Noah Purifoy, 1967

Find the Cave, Hold the Torch

Making Art Shows Since Walter Hopps
Franklin Sirmans
Without Your Interpretation, by Ulysses Jenkins, 1983

Los Angeles Snapshots

Roberto Tejada
Eastside-Westside, from the Containment Series, by John Outterbridge, c.1970

Rebellion and Its Aftermath

Assemblage and Film in L.A. and London
Naima J. Keith
Big Red, by Daniel LaRue Johnson, 1964

Figuring the Future in Los(t) Angeles

Hazel V. Carby

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"Essays." Now Dig This! Art in Black Los Angeles, 1960–1980 Digital Archive. Los Angeles: Hammer Museum, 2016. https://hammer.ucla.edu/now-dig-this/essays.