The Third Mind: American Artists Contemplate Asia, 1860 - 1989
New York: Guggenheim Museum, 2009. Softbound. Quarto. Softcover. BW illustrated thick card wraps. 439 pp., over 375 color plates illustrating 169 exhibits. G+. General touches of use all over, just shy of a display item, but still a nice copy. Item #125926
ISBN: 9780892073849
This exhibition traces how Asian art, literature, and philosophy were transmitted and transformed within American cultural and intellectual currents, influencing the articulation of new visual and conceptual languages. It explores how American art evolved through a process of appropriation and integration of Asian sources that developed from the 1860s through the 1980s, when globalization came to eclipse earlier, more deliberate modes of cultural transmission and reception. While Europe has long been recognized as the font of mainstream American art movements, the exhibition explores an alternative lineage of creative culture that is aligned with America's Pacific vista—Asia. An extensive catalogue, complete with much annotation and several very useful appendices. Very heavy.
OCLC: 276224558
Price: $40.00