| Other author/creator | Besaw, Mindy N., editor, writer of supplementary textual content. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjFdhC4DmkQrpRR7fHBhVC |
| Other author/creator | Powell, Jami C., editor, writer of supplementary textual content. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjthGPrC9FyWprxD8jwJwC |
| Other author/creator | Bigelow, Rod, 1968- writer of foreword. |
| Other author/creator | Brown, Sháńdíín, contributor. |
| Other author/creator | Buick, Kirsten Pai, contributor. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjJG9mpKftJDDKQRPm44Rq |
| Other author/creator | Burke, Christina E., contributor. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjK3tTwDQBG6vfGVww9cvb |
| Other author/creator | Cáceres, Madison BlueJacket, contributor. |
| Other author/creator | Cocker, Jordan Poorman, contributor. |
| Other author/creator | Freeman, Morgan E., contributor. |
| Other author/creator | Fry, Laura F., contributor. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjrFyXdjw9rGC9jQ44rkKq |
| Other author/creator | Grauer, Michael R., 1961- contributor. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjBvYj7pMkCtG9Thr4QJ8P |
| Other author/creator | Hartman, Michael W., contributor. |
| Other author/creator | Herr, Chelsea M., contributor. |
| Other author/creator | Hoska, Dakota, contributor. |
| Other author/creator | Limb, Matthew K., contributor. |
| Other author/creator | Montiel, Anya, contributor. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjyh6hFMXwWB4XPjJtGJXd |
| Other author/creator | Old Elk, Hunter C., contributor. |
| Other author/creator | Randall, Larissa, contributor. |
| Other author/creator | Singleton, Eric D., contributor. |
| Other author/creator | Stevens, Scott Manning, contributor. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjrYb7PmDWRKDDkCDrfwRX |
| Other author/creator | Tolman, Tipiziwin, contributor. |
| Other author/creator | Yanes Martinez, Beatriz, contributor. |
| Other author/creator | Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, host institution. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39QH7JmpkBhvfQrPg9wBpMp7R |
| Other author/creator | Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens, host institution. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39QH7JmqR96YhmPQFKFd7f8dF |
| Other author/creator | North 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 note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 276-277) and index. |
| Exhibitions note | Published 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/form | exhibition catalogs. |
| Genre/form | Exhibition catalogs. |
| Genre/form | Catalogues d'exposition. |
| LCCN | 2024934610 |
| ISBN | 084783705X (hardback) |
| ISBN | 9780847837052 (hardback) |