| Series |
Studies in the history of art, 0091-7338 ; 84
Studies in the history of art (Washington, D.C.) ; 84. ^A654747
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| Contents |
Introduction. Telling it slant / Lynne Cooke -- Edges: thought untamed / Anne M. Wagner -- Legends, raconteurs, and relatives: performing contexts (a more of less verbatim transcript) / Gregg Bordowitz -- Quilts as koans / Michael Moon -- "The people looks upon its own life": self-taught art between the wars / Angela Miller -- "Spirituals and neo-spirituals": some thoughts on religion and the modern primitives / Anne Monahan -- Wooden fossils: the time of Japanese incarceration / Marci Kwon -- At the gate with Minnie Evans / Elaine Y. Yau -- The perils of being folk / Kristine K. Ronan -- Neo-hoodoo: the southern roots of a Black avant-garde / Tobias Wofford -- Al Loving looks at quilts / Bibiana K. Obler -- Vernacular traditions, barrio existentialists, and phantom folk / Rita Gonzalez -- "Extraordinary structures" in the museum: making a genre in the 1970s / Emma R. Silverman -- David Hammons: open secret / Thomas J. Lax -- Apocalypse, invention, and vision in the work of Howard Finster / Katherine Jentleson -- Housewives, witches, beauty queens, and conjure women: locating the practice of self-taught women artists / Leslie Umberger. |
| Abstract |
"The artists in Boundary Trouble in American Vanguard Art defy binary constructs of insider and outsider. Some are credentialed professionals, others are self identified amateurs, and yet others are indifferent to categorical classification systems. These shifting identifications and concepts are examined in 16 essays, challenging established narratives of American and modernist art histories. The book considers the work of Romare Bearden, James Castle, Minnie Evans, Marisol, Betye Saar, Rosie Lee Tompkins, and more. Rooted in intersectional disciplinary studies that draw on race, queer, and feminist scholarship, these groundbreaking perspectives argue for expanding how we engage with works and makers that are routinely marginalized within mainstream visual culture. These essays make a compelling case for the necessity of a level playing field for all artists, trained and untrained, where difference is both recognized and embraced"-- Provided by publisher. |
| General note | "This volume includes proceedings of the symposium 'Boundary Trouble: The Self-Taught Artist and American Avant-Gardes', organized by the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, National Gallery of Art, and sponsored by The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations. The symposium was held February 16-17, 2018, in Washington."--Colophon. |
| General note | This symposium convened in conjunction with the exhibition "Outliers and American Vanguard Art", which opened at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, in January 2018. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Terms of use | British Library not licensed to copy 0. |
| Genre/form | Conference papers and proceedings. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 2022939081 |
| ISBN | 9780300267112 hardcover |
| ISBN | 0300267118 hardcover |
