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Introduction to Deaf Culture
"You are about to enter the realm of Deaf culture, a world that may be completely new to you. Intriguingly, insiders and outsiders to this world may regard it in two completely different fashions. Let us examine this contradiction with the proverbial glass of water that can be viewed as either half-full or half-empty"--
Painted Journeys
Artist-explorer John Mix Stanley (1814–1872), one of the most celebrated chroniclers of the American West in his time, was in a sense a victim of his own success. So highly regarded was his work that more than two hundred of his paintings were held at the Smithsonian Institution—where in 1865 a fire destroyed all but seven of them. This volume, featuring a comprehensive collection of Stanley’s extant art, reproduced in full color, offers an opportunity—and ample reason—to rediscover the remarkable accomplishments of this outsize figure of nineteenth-century American culture. Originally from New York State, Stanley journeyed west in 1842 to paint Indian life. During the U.S.-Mexican...
Independent Spirits
A rich compendium of Western art by women, this book also contains essays which examine the many economic, social, and political forces that have shaped the art over years of pivotal change. The women profiled played an important role in gaining the acceptance of women as men's peers in artistic communities. Their independent spirit resonates in studios and galleries throughout the country today. Photos.
Structured Vision
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In the Fullness of Time
Contains a fresh, lively discussion of Egyptian art in American collections, written by the curator of Egyptian, classical, and ancient Middle E astern art at the Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York. Includes an essay by John Olbrantz (Director, Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Willamette U., Salem, Oregon) on collectors, curators, and the rise of Egyptian collections in the US. Abundantly illustrated in color and b&w. Distributed by U. of Washington Press. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
Gary Hill
For over two decades Gary Hill's work in video and installation art has cross-pollinated mediums--video, books, the speaking voice, composed sound, strobe light pulsation, experimental text, image transformation, computer animation, the human body--to alter awareness of art as language. Language Willingmodestly presents four of Hill's recent installations: Wall Piece, Language Willing, Accordions (The Belsunce Recordings, July 2001)and Crossbow.
Folk Art of Idaho
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After
Documents After, a mammoth two-part installation featuring a gravel landscape and, floating above it, fragments of a modern living room, by a collaborative team of artists who utilize unconventional architectural systems and new media to explore issues of spatial perception.
Camerawork
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An Art of Limina
Foreword by Lynne Cooke. Text by George Quasha, Charles Stein.
