{"product_id":"essex-hemphill-take-care-of-your-blessings","title":"Essex Hemphill: Take Care of Your Blessings","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExploring the interdisciplinary relationship between the writings of the queer, Black poet and activist Essex Hemphill and contemporary visual art\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAccompanying the eponymous exhibition at the Phillips Collection in Washington, DC, \u003ci\u003eEssex Hemphill: Take care of your blessings\u003c\/i\u003e explores the interdisciplinary relationship between Hemphill's writing--raw, politically charged and deeply personal--and contemporary visual art. Titled after Hemphill's personal signature, \u003ci\u003eTake care of your blessings\u003c\/i\u003e traces his relationships with and influences on visual artists who, like Hemphill, created genre-defying works that explore race, culture, community, gender, sexuality and the experience of living with and losing loved ones to HIV\/AIDS. This publication features ephemera, photographs and archival materials alongside personal reflections from Hemphill's friends and collaborators and essays that trace the dynamic poet's life, work and impact on a generation of artists.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFeatured artists include: \u003c\/b\u003e Diedrick Brackens, Sharon Farmer, Lyle Ashton Harris, Isaac Julien, Clifford Prince King, Glenn Ligon, Tiona Nekkia McClodden, Richard Bruce Nugent, Shikeith, Joyce Wellman.\u003cbr\u003eRaised in Washington, DC, \u003cb\u003eEssex Hemphill\u003c\/b\u003e (1957-95) was a poet, performer, editor and activist who emerged as a luminary in the DC arts scene in the 1980s and 1990s. His poetry challenged societal norms and bridged the worlds of literature and visual art. While Hemphill died of AIDS-related illness at just 38, his work persists, reflected in visual dialogues with his contemporaries and inheritors.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Red Rice Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47543323820210,"sku":"9798986272542","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/imageloader_60c53bfc-768c-44f5-a420-a53c63ae2665.jpg?v=1780355728","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/essex-hemphill-take-care-of-your-blessings","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}