A Capital Collection: Masterworks From The Corcoran Gallery Of Art - Couverture rigide

Heartney, Eleanor; Serwer, Jacquelyn

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1903942152 ISBN 13 : 9781903942154

Editeur : Third Millennium Publishing, 2004

Synopsis

When the Corcoran Gallery of Art opened in 1869 it was the first art museum to be established in the US capital. The gallery has continued to break new artistic ground by following a policy of acquiring works by both well-known and emerging artists, from John Singer Sargent to Kerry James Marshall. In the autumn of 2003, work started on the construction of a new Gallery wing, designed by Frank Gehry (Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao). A Capital Collection has been published as a celebration of the Gehry wing and to support a major series of travelling exhibitions. This highly illustrated publication features over 100 of the Corcoran's masterworks, organised by theme: Identity, Narrative Nature, History and Imagination. Introductory texts to each thematic chapter have been written by leading art critic, Eleanor Heartney, and provide vital contextual information for the art that follows. Works included range from Childe Hassam's, Aux Grand Prix de Paris, to Andres Serrano's, Madonna and Child. Guest authors include Frank Gehry, Bell Hooks, Angus Phillips of the Washington Post and congressman, John Lewis.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Jacquelyn Days Serwer is Chief Curator at the Corcoran Gallery of Art and was formerly Chief Curator at the Smithsonian American Art Museum where she organized exhibitions on Paul Cadmus, Japser Johns, Miriam Schapiro, Nam June Paik and David Hockney, amongst others. Recent publications include American Kaleidoscope: Themes and Perspectives in Recent Art and Heroic Relics: The Art of Robert Cottingham. Eleanor Heartney is a leading author on art, critic, moderator and curator. She has written numerous pieces for magazines - her articles are a regular feature of Art in America - as well as contributions to exhibition catalogues. Recent publications include Movements in Modern Art: Postmodernism (Tate Gallery Publisher, 2001) and Critical Condition: American Culture at the Crossroads (Cambridge University Press, 1997)

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Third Millennium Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1903942152
• ISBN 13: 9781903942154
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 286
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible