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Bearing Witness: Contemporary Works by African American Women Artists

Book by Jontyle Theresa Robinson; Rizzoli International Publications, 1996

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African American Women Artists--Exhibitions, Art, Modern--20th Century--United States--Exhibitions

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...membership African American artists, art historians, and art...speech "Role of the Black Artist," which is later published...denied participation in the artist group Spiral. 1968 Alma Thomas...Corcoran Gallery of Art. "Contemporary Black Artists in America" exhibition opens...
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45 Contemporary Mexican Artists: A Twentieth-Century Renaissance

Book by Virginia Stewart; Stanford University Press, 1951

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Artists--Mexico

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...Antigua Libreria Robredo. Contemporary Mexican Artists . Agustin Velazquez Chavez...Toor Studies. Modern Mexican Artists . Carlos Merida. Mexico City...City: Privately printed. Contemporary Art . Catalogue of the San...
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Contemporary Mexican Artists

Book by Agustin Velazquez Chavez; Covici-Friede, 1937

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Art, Mexican, Artists--Mexico

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...Woodcuts had been abandoned by Mexican artists till the year when this artist revived them, forming engraving classes...Art Gallery in 1935. Works of fifteen contemporary Mexican artists were represented at this exhibition, the...
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I Stand in the Center of the Good: Interviews with Contemporary Native American Artists

Book by Lawrence Abbott; University of Nebraska Press, 1994

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...viewer to understand that contemporary Native artists are part of an evolving tradition...their particular visions. Contemporary artists are as influenced...9 To borrow from ecology, contemporary Native art might be seen as...
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The Art of Fact: Contemporary Artists of Nonfiction

Book by Barbara Lounsberry; Greenwood Press, 1990

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American Prose Literature--20th Century--History And Criticism, Fiction, Journalism--United States--History--20th Century, Nonfiction Novel--History And Criticism, Reportage Literature, American--History And Criticism

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...perhaps the five most prominent contemporary artists of nonfiction. Besides their...is also important to explore contemporary literary nonfiction for its cultural...seemed, indeed, that it has been artists of nonfiction who have been most...

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Journal Articles on: contemporary artists

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The Nsukka Artists and Nigerian Contemporary Art

Journal article by Gitti Salami; African Arts, Vol. 38, 2005

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Books--Book reviews, The Nsukka Artists and Nigerian Contemporary Art (Book)

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...only female artist represented...of the seven artists whose work...art fits into contemporary Nigerian art...concern for many contemporary Nigerian artists.) Ogbechie...curators to render contemporary African artists as occupying...
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Contemporary Women Artists in Ethiopia

Journal article by Makda Teklemichael; African Arts, Vol. 42, 2009

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African art--Criticism and interpretation, African art--Exhibitions, Art, African--Criticism and interpretation, Art, African--Exhibitions, Ethiopian culture--Portrayals, Women artists--Criticism and interpretation, Women artists--Exhibitions

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...society has accepted contemporary fine art in Addis Ababa...during the 1960s when artists such as Gebre-Kristos...overthrown. As an artist for more than three...a pioneering woman artist. "Such recognition...17) The young artist Merikokob Berhanu has...optimistic view about contemporary Ethiopian societys...them. Still, women artists in both contexts have...
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Finding a Place: Nigerian Artists in the Contemporary Art World

Journal article by Olu Oguibe; Art Journal, Vol. 58, 1999

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Art, Artists, Camp, Sokari Douglas, Developing countries, LDCs, Nigeria, Odita, Donald, Ofili, Chris, Personal profiles, Ude, Ike

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...non-Western artists to get a foot...their Western contemporaries or by bringing...environment in which contemporary artists from...number of African artists and initiated serious discourse on contemporary African art...showcased the work of artists such as Bamgboye...alongside their contemporaries from other parts...global terrain of contemporary culture by questioning...
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Chant Avedissian: A Contemporary Artist of Egypt

Journal article by Mark D'Amato; African Arts, Vol. 35, 2002

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African artists--Exhibitions, Art exhibitions, Art, Egyptian--Exhibitions, Artists, African--Exhibitions, Avedissian, Chant--Exhibitions, Egyptian art--Exhibitions, Smithsonian Institution. National Museum of African Art--Exhibitions

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...transitory status of the artist himself, most pointedly represented in the artists signature, "Chant...succeeds in creating a contemporary aesthetic that utilizes...endeavor of a single artist, "Encounters with the Contemporary" pulled the lens back...portion" of work by artists who have received...
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Fluxus - Reference or Paradigm for Young Contemporary Artists?

Journal article by Bertrand Clavez; Visible Language, Vol. 39, 2005

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Aesthetics, Art, Art history, Audiences, Performing artists

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...the individual artist to cultural...action field of artists has been reduced...ethnographer." Contemporary art now explores...the viewer. The artist himself is an...another of the contemporary works by young artists. However, the...reference point for contemporary artists. Even though...the notion of "artist as ethnographer...

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Magazine Articles on: contemporary artists

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Three Contemporary Artists Explore Family Photographs

Magazine article by Kim Kanatani, Sharon Vatsky; Art Education, Vol. 63, July 2010

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Art history, Artists, Cameras, Families & family life, Investigations, Photographs

Collections: History, Entire Library

...work, and how the work of the artists presented has informed their...personal history and as an area that contemporary artists are investigating expands students...constructed through family, is to contemporary artists. This exploration may...
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Education as Installation Art and Other Useful Ideas from the Contemporary Art World: Conversations with Artist Annette Lawrence

Magazine article by Sara Wilson McKay; Art Education, Vol. 61, March 2008

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Art education, Lawrence, Annette, Learning, Teaching, Visual artists

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...learning (e.g. the contemporary art gallery, its...the notion of the artist as an isolated creator...contemporary art, artists ways of working...actual space itself. Contemporary Art Practices: Ways...What are contemporary artists doing that can contribute...among contemporary artists you could probably find an artist doing something related...
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Official Pranksters: Freed from Doing Official Portraits of Communist Grandees, Contemporary Artists in Russia Have Turned to Scandal to Make Their Mark. Rosie Millard Went to Moscow to Find out the Story Behind the New Avant-Garde

Magazine article by Rosie Millard; New Statesman, Vol. 134, October 24, 2005

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Artists, Russian--Behavior, Consumer advocacy--Laws, regulations and rules, Consumerism--Laws, regulations and rules, Russian artists--Behavior

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...of Communist Grandees, Contemporary Artists in Russia Have Turned to...inventions such as the Union of Artists (created in 1933 by Stalin), Russian artists are behaving with the frenzy...however, he is in charming artist mode, dressed in silver...
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Notebook: It Must Be Tough, Being a Contemporary French Artist. All That Hinterland to Cope With

Magazine article by Rosie Millard; New Statesman, Vol. 135, May 29, 2006

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Art, French--Evaluation, Artists, French art--Evaluation

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...It Must Be Tough, Being a Contemporary French Artist. All That Hinterland to Cope...Rosie Millard French postwar artists. Name a few. Apart from...being a contemporary French artist. All that hinterland to cope...celebrity of its contemporary artists who have bewitched the market...
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Considering Slavery as Portrayed by Contemporary Artists

Magazine article by Ingrid Sturgis; The Crisis, Vol. 113, November 2006

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African Americans, Curators, Visual artists

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...Considering Slavery as Portrayed by Contemporary Artists by Ingrid Sturgis...that reflected on slavery. Artists are powerful interpreters...imprinted the world of the visual artists," Sims wrote in The New...academically trained African American artists have been using slavery as...included the work of fabric artist Faith Ringgold, whose sorrowful...

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Newspaper Articles on: contemporary artists

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Inspired by the Past; Contemporary Artists Treat Museum Collection as Creative Source

Newspaper article; The Washington Times (Washington, DC), November 29, 2009

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Painters, Painters (Artists), Rothko, Mark--Criticism and interpretation

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Inspired by the Past; Contemporary Artists Treat Museum Collection as...series invites contemporary artists to create pieces based on...through the eyes of three female artists: New Yorker Jennifer Wen...in Bilbao, Spain, but the artist added a soundtrack for the...
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A Genius Whose Life Was Always as Dramatic as His Art; as Britain's Greatest Contemporary Artist Lucian Freud Dies ..

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), July 22, 2011

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Art, Modern, Freud, Lucian--Death of, Modern art, Modernism (Art), Painters, Painters (Artists)

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Art; as Britains Greatest Contemporary Artist Lucian Freud Dies ... Byline...one of the finest British artists of the postwar era, on a...lived the part of the bohemian artist to the full: carousing...he used to hang out with artists in Soho and Fitzrovia, wearing...
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Culture Visual Arts: Sticks, Stones and Human Isolation; Terry Grimley Reviews Exhibitions Devoted to One of the 20th Century's Greatest Sculptors, Alberto Giacometti, and Contemporary Artist James Coleman at Compton Verney

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), March 18, 2008

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Artists--Exhibitions, Giacometti, Alberto

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...Alberto Giacometti, and Contemporary Artist James Coleman at Compton Verney...international brigade of modernist artists who made the French capital...the sculpture. The Irish artist James Coleman (born 1941...narration. Copyright the artist; The Forest (1950) by Alberto...
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Picture Perfect; Painting Came Late to Contemporary Artist Sharon Hegarty, but Now It Has Her in Its Grip

Newspaper article; Sunshine Coast Daily (Maroochydore, Australia), November 14, 2008

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Art, Modern, Artists, Modern art, Modernism (Art)

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Picture Perfect; Painting Came Late to Contemporary Artist Sharon Hegarty, but Now It Has Her in Its Grip. Byline: MYKLE WARE SUNSHINE Coast contemporary artist Sharon Hegarty is bright and bubbly and her paintings...
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Critical Hope; A Group of Young Contemporary Welsh Artists Feel So Under-Represented in South Wales That They Have Organised Their Own Exhibition. Gavin Allen Talks to the People Behind Crit

Newspaper article; South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales), August 13, 2009

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Artists--Exhibitions

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...A Group of Young Contemporary Welsh Artists Feel So Under...Crit. FOR a young artist the "crit" is...evaluation, explains artist Gwenllian Ash from...contemporary Welsh artists have banded together...friends are fantastic artists and we always talk...struggles you have as an artist, you have all your...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: contemporary artists

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Contemporary Art

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

CONTEMPORARY ART the art of the late 20th...neoexpressionism of such German artists as Georg Baselitz and Anselm...the slick neopop of such artists as Jeff Koons, and the landscape...among others. Many new artists have simultaneously invoked...single (usually white male) artist and invoking the ubiquity...
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Portraiture

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...signatures abounded in which artists worked themselves into crowd...works of Rembrandt. Other artists, notably Jordaens, Rigaud...Uffizi), in which the artist appears as the only real being...specialty of numerous American artists including John Trumbull...media. Among the numerous contemporary artists exploring the portrait...
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Brown, Trisha

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...formal structure, and she frequently works in dance cycles. Since 1979, Brown has collaborated with numerous contemporary artists, among them Robert Rauschenberg , Laurie Anderson , and John Cage . Her best-known ballets include Line Up...
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Gardner, Isabella Stewart

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...literary people, musicians, and other celebrities. Her lifelong interest in art led her to sponsor various contemporary artists and the young connoisseur Bernard Berenson , who advised her in the collecting of many works. Her husband cooperated...
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Encaustic

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...by means of heated irons. The technique was briefly revived in the 19th cent. and is now used by a number of contemporary artists. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of...

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