Knowing the West : visual legacies of the American West / edited by Mindy N. Besaw, Jami C. Powell ; with contributions by Mindy N. Besaw, Sháńdíín Brown, Kirsten Pai Buick [and eighteen others].

Format Book
PublicationNew York, NY : Rizzoli Electa, a division of Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., Bentonville, AR : in association with Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, 2024.
Copyright Date©2024
Description287 pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm
Subjects

Other author/creatorBesaw, Mindy N., editor, writer of supplementary textual content. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjFdhC4DmkQrpRR7fHBhVC
Other author/creatorPowell, Jami C., editor, writer of supplementary textual content. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjthGPrC9FyWprxD8jwJwC
Other author/creatorBigelow, Rod, 1968- writer of foreword.
Other author/creatorBrown, Sháńdíín, contributor.
Other author/creatorBuick, Kirsten Pai, contributor. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjJG9mpKftJDDKQRPm44Rq
Other author/creatorBurke, Christina E., contributor. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjK3tTwDQBG6vfGVww9cvb
Other author/creatorCáceres, Madison BlueJacket, contributor.
Other author/creatorCocker, Jordan Poorman, contributor.
Other author/creatorFreeman, Morgan E., contributor.
Other author/creatorFry, Laura F., contributor. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjrFyXdjw9rGC9jQ44rkKq
Other author/creatorGrauer, Michael R., 1961- contributor. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjBvYj7pMkCtG9Thr4QJ8P
Other author/creatorHartman, Michael W., contributor.
Other author/creatorHerr, Chelsea M., contributor.
Other author/creatorHoska, Dakota, contributor.
Other author/creatorLimb, Matthew K., contributor.
Other author/creatorMontiel, Anya, contributor. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjyh6hFMXwWB4XPjJtGJXd
Other author/creatorOld Elk, Hunter C., contributor.
Other author/creatorRandall, Larissa, contributor.
Other author/creatorSingleton, Eric D., contributor.
Other author/creatorStevens, Scott Manning, contributor. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjrYb7PmDWRKDDkCDrfwRX
Other author/creatorTolman, Tipiziwin, contributor.
Other author/creatorYanes Martinez, Beatriz, contributor.
Other author/creatorCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, host institution. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39QH7JmpkBhvfQrPg9wBpMp7R
Other author/creatorCummer Museum of Art and Gardens, host institution. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39QH7JmqR96YhmPQFKFd7f8dF
Other author/creatorNorth Carolina Museum of Art, host institution. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39QH7Jmpc66H3PYhYxtr64vB6
Portion of title Visual legacies of the American West
Contents Foreword / Rod Bigelow -- Acknowledgments -- It's Complicated! Cultural Entanglements and Intersections in Art of the West / Mindy N. Besaw and Jami C. Powell -- Origins -- No Two Horns's Winter Count / Christina E. Burke and Tipiziwin Tolman -- Authority -- Louisa Keyser's Basketry / Anya Montiel -- Bía Basaane (Woman in the Front) / Hunter C. Old Elk -- Grafton Tyler Brown's Yellowstone / Morgan E. Freeman -- The Invention of the West / Chelsea M. Herr -- The Western Saddle : Intersection of Influence and Exchange / Michael R. Grauer -- Persistence -- Modoc Basket Caps as Defiance / Jami C. Powell -- Nellie Two Bear Gates's Valise / Dakota Hoska -- Woven Diné (Navajo) Persistence / Sháńdíín Brown -- El Alma de María / Beatriz Yanes Martinez -- Fort Sill Ledger Book / Eric D. Singleton -- Tourism, the Market, and Agency : Power and Its Complexities in Southwest Ceramics / Matthew Limb -- Knowing Nature / Kirsten Pai Buick and Michael W. Hartman -- Nation Building -- Chinese Immigrants and International Exchange / Christina E. Burke -- Pahn-tdope : Kiowa Cradleboard / Jordan Poorman Cocker -- Madonnas in the West / Madison BlueJacket Cáceres -- Dunton's Hispano West / Michael R. Grauer -- Printmaking Makes the West / Larissa Randall -- The Shadow of Diplomacy / Scott Manning Stevens -- Rethinking -- Shotgun Hospitality / Mindy N. Besaw -- When Preservation Fails : Artist Collections and Evolving Museum Practices / Laura F. Fry -- Exhibition Checklist -- Selected Bibliography -- Author Biographies -- Index -- Image Credits.
Abstract "This expansive survey of the art and culture of the American West presents richly diverse works by more than 35 distinct Native American nations considered alongside non-Native artists from the late eighteenth to early twentieth centuries. Knowing the West encourages deeper consideration of the variety of cultures that together reflect the complex histories and stories of the American West. Astonishing in range, historical significance, medium, and quality, more than 120 artworks by Native American and non-Native artists are presented--including textiles, baskets, paintings, pottery, beadwork, saddles, and prints--including many by women. The artworks are shown in meaningful dialogue, such as baskets by Elizabeth Hickox (Wiyot/Karuk) juxtaposed with a large-scale California landscape by Albert Bierstadt, or New Mexican tinwork in conversation with a beaded valise by Nellie Two Bear Gates (Dakota), emphasizing influence and exchange and pointing out different ways of thinking about land and place. Multiple texts by a diverse range of scholars with broad-reaching perspectives explore topics such as history and making of Lakota winter counts, the development of saddles and bridles from across cultures, and the influence of the railroad and tourism on Southwestern pottery. This unprecedented volume centers Native voices and perspectives, prompting further thinking and research about the art history of the West"--Amazon.ca.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 276-277) and index.
Exhibitions notePublished on the occassion of the exhibition Knowing the West, organized by the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR Steptember 14, 2024-January 27, 2025; Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens, Jacksonville, FL, March 26-August 31, 2025; North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC, May 2-August 9, 2026.
Genre/formexhibition catalogs.
Genre/formExhibition catalogs.
Genre/formCatalogues d'exposition.
LCCN 2024934610
ISBN084783705X (hardback)
ISBN9780847837052 (hardback)

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