The artistic revival of the woodcut in France 1850-1900

Baas, Jacquelynn

University of Michigan Museum of Art

From Preface: "...The exceptional merit of the exhibition 'The Rising of a New Moon: A Century of Tabwa Art' resides in the close collaboration of its sponsors, art historian Evan Maurer and anthropologist Allen Roberts. Thanks to their diligence, Tabwa art is presented to us in its artistic splendor and cultural context. Through their cooperative efforts, we discover that the notion of style extends beyond mere physical description. During four years of anthropological fieldwork, Roberts was immersed in Tabwa thought. He can be an excellent historian as well, and has discovered that great African art is not timeless, but must be examined in the context of history. In effect, Roberts demonstrates how the sudden apparition of powerful chiefdoms in a 'political arena of fast-moving changes,' was accompanied by the rise of certain art forms. Nor was Tabwa art born in isolation. Rather, it developed at the crossroads of Hemba and Luba worlds, according to the coherent plan of a Tabwa cosmology articulated with that which I believe I have found in the myths and rites of the Luba and related groups..." Softcover bound in Kroydon imitation leather cover, 8.5" x 11", xvi + 288 pages; contents include: extended essay by Allen Roberts, Maps, 15 Color Plates, two additional illustrated essays by Francois Neyt and Bernard de Grunne, Exhibition Catalogue with photographs and extended descriptions of 106 items from the 1986 exhibition, Catalogue Raisonne featuring 417 small black &amp; white photos and descriptions of Tabwa objects and art, Glossary, Additional Reading list.

Tabwa: The Rising of a New Moon - A Century of Tabwa (African) Art

Arts & Photography

The Prints of Frank Stella: A Catalogue Raisonne

Richard H. Axsom

Arguably the most controversial young African-American artist working today, Kara Walker creates vivid and shocking evocations, rooted in stereotypes, of an antebellum world that comments on the system of slavery and its continuing legacy in the American consciousness. In her choice of black cut-paper silhouettes, Walker takes a medium that was extremely fashionable in the late 18th and early 19th centuries as part of the neoclassical revival, when the silhouetted images on ancient Greek and Roman vases were emulated on such goods as Wedgwood ware. The silhouette was a parlor art practiced by genteel ladies and gentlemen, who created portraits, landscapes, and decorative motifs. There were also traveling silhouettists who took their craft around the country. The 18th- and 19th-century silhouette was also associated with the pseudo-science of physiognomy, which held that one could analyze psychological and racial types by studying profiles. Adopting the antiquated medium of the silhouette, Walker has turned it into a powerful force to evoke the complexities of the system of slavery, exploring themes of exploitation, accommodation, and complicity on the part of both the powerful and the oppressed. Pictures From Another Time is the first major publication on the work of this extraordinary artist. It includes nearly 70 examples of her work, including her silhouettes, prints, drawings, projected installations, and watercolors. Texts include an interview with the artist by curator Thelma Golden, Deputy Director of Programs at The Studio Museum in Harlem; and essays by literary critic Robert Reid-Pharr, Professor of English at the City University of New York and Annette Dixon, Curator of Western Art at the University of Michigan Museum of Art.

Kara Walker: Pictures From Another Time

Robert F. Reid-Pharr

Individual Artists

Amish quilts 1880 to 1940 from the collection of Faith and Stephen Brown

Cunningham, Joe

Mark Rothko and the lure of the figure: Paintings 1933-1946

ROTHKO, Mark

Published on the occasion of the exhibition "Donald Sultan: The Smoke Rings." Softcover. Oblong. Moderate cover wear and exterior scuffing. Light cover soil. Sturdy binding. Clean pages. Extremely hard to find. Images of smoke in partnership with the poetry of Max Blagg.

Smoke Rings

Howard Hull

Tradition Transformed: Chang Ku-Nien Master Painter of the 20th Century

Lisa Bessette and Others (Project Editors)

Multiple Impressions examines works by 40 leading printmakers from contemporary China, highlighting the extraordinary innovations, in both technique and conception, which have transformed this long-established art form in recent years. It includes works by such artists as Xu Bing, Kang Ning, Song Yuanwen, Chen Qi, He Kun, and Fang Limin, as well as many other accomplished printmakers. Essays by noted scholars place contemporary printmaking in its complex art historical and cultural contexts, discuss the relationship between printmaking and contemporary art, and interpret new work by the internationally prominent artist Xu Bing. The book explores three key themes in printmaking today: "Landscapes Old and New" illustrates the variety of techniques and visual idioms contemporary printmakers draw on to create expressive and fantastic landscapes; "Fellow Citizens" turns to the human figure; and "Layered Abstractions" focuses on works that showcase the distinct visual effects and pictorial language that underscore the process of making a print.

Multiple Impressions: Contemporary Chinese Woodblock Prints

Farrer, Anne

Tang, Xiaobing

Hui, Shang

History & Criticism

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