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Alabama Creates - 200 Years of Art and Artists (Hardcover)
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Alabama Creates - 200 Years of Art and Artists (Hardcover)
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A visually rich survey of two hundred years of Alabama fine arts
and artists. Alabama artists have been an integral part of the
story of the state, reflecting a wide-ranging and multihued sense
of place through images of the land and its people. Quilts,
pottery, visionary paintings, sculpture, photography, folk art, and
abstract art have all contributed to diverse visions of Alabama's
culture and environment. The works of art included in this volume
have all emerged from a distinctive milieu that has nourished the
creation of powerful visual expressions, statements that are both
universal and indigenous. Published to coincide with the state's
bicentennial, Alabama Creates: 200 Years of Art and Artists
features ninety-four of Alabama's most accomplished, noteworthy,
and influential practitioners of the fine arts from 1819 to the
present. The book highlights a wide range of artists who worked in
the state, from its early days to its current and contemporary
scene, exhibiting the full scope and breadth of Alabama art. This
retrospective volume features biographical sketches and
representative examples of each artist's most masterful works.
Alabamians like Gay Burke, William Christenberry, Roger Brown,
Thornton Dial, Frank Fleming, the Gee's Bend Quilters, Lonnie,
Holley, Dale Kennington, Charlie Lucas, Kerry James Marshall, David
Parrish, and Bill Traylor are compared and considered with other
nationally significant artists. Alabama Creates is divided into
four historical periods, each spanning roughly fifty years and
introduced by editor Elliot Knight. Knight contextualizes each era
with information about the development of Alabama art museums and
institutions and the evolution of college and university art
departments. The book also contains an overview of the state's
artistic heritage by Gail Andrews, director emerita of the
Birmingham Museum of Art. Alabama Creates conveys in a sweeping and
captivating way the depth of talent, the range of creativity, and
the lasting contributions these artists have made to Alabama's
extraordinarily rich visual and artistic heritage.
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