The Way to Be

A Memoir

Barbara T. Smith

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English

Getty Publications
14 March 2023

Art & design styles: from c 1960; Other performing arts; Biography: arts & entertainment

"""For over fifty years, Barbara T. Smith has been at the forefront of artistic movements in California. Her work across many mediums explores concepts that strike at the core of human nature, including sexuality, physical and spiritual sustenance, technology, and death. In this memoir, Smith weaves together descriptive accounts of her pioneering performances with an intimate narrative of her life.

The Way to Be covers the years 1931 to 1981, up to the artist’s fiftieth birthday, resulting in an exhaustive catalogue of her early work. It reveals the personal stories and events behind her pieces and the challenges she faced in an art world dominated by sexism and machismo. Drawing on Smith’s archive at the Getty Research Institute, this enthralling book presents previously unpublished notes, documents, photographs, and firsthand accounts of her life and practice, as well as her more recent reflections on the past. The Way to Be demonstrates Smith’s lasting contributions to the field of contemporary art and provides an engaging commentary on a recent period of great cultural and political change.

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By: Barbara T. Smith
Imprint: Getty Publications
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
ISBN: 9781606068212
ISBN 10: 1606068210
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 14 March 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Barbara T. Smith is an American artist who has worked in the varied forms of painting, drawing, installation, video, performance, and artist’s books, and often involves her own body as a vehicle for her productions.

Reviews for The Way to Be: A Memoir

"""The book is far from a historical account of her art, making it all the more unusual to accompany her exhibition, but all the more fitting to her art practice, which similarly prioritizes feelings, emotion, and lived experience over all else.""--Megan N. Liberty ""The Brooklyn Rail"" (4/1/2023 12:00:00 AM)"