Black Male: Representations of Masculinity in Contemporary American Art

Author: Thelma Golden   
Publisher: Whitney Museum of American Art/Abrams
Year: 1994
Pages: 223
ISBN: 978-0874270938

Black Male: Representations of Masculinity in Contemporary Art was a landmark exhibition held at New York's Whitney Museum of American Art from November 10, 1994, until March 5, 1995. Organized by curator Thelma Golden, Black Male was a survey of the changing representations of black masculinity in contemporary art from the 1970s to the 1990s.

The show included almost 70 works by 29 artists of varying races, genders, and ethnicities. It also featured an extensive film and video program that explored representations of blackness in Hollywood, the independent cinema, video, and television.[2][3] Black Male was widely labelled controversial and heavily criticized for its "political" subject matter.