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Sole Mates - Cowboy Boots & Art (Hardcover)
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Sole Mates - Cowboy Boots & Art (Hardcover)
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Soul Mates takes a serious and ironic look at popular icons in
western American culture--cowboy boots and masterpieces in western
art--to explore American cultural values and pervasive themes in
twentieth century art. Cowboy boots are examined as markers of
western life, as works of art, and subjects of works of art. The
author has selected stellar examples of boots made by skilled and
famous boot makers, including Lucchese, Tony Lama, and C. C.
McGuffin, to offer a counterpoint to the "fine art" more typically
considered. He has also selected drawings, paintings, prints, and
photographs that reflect the changing attitudes and perceptions of
western culture over the past 50 years and raise conceptual issues
about western mores and modern life. Featured are works by Barbara
Van Cleve, Frederick Hammersley, Bruce Nauman, Hal West, Luis A.
Jimenez, Jr., and many others whose art define and redefine aspects
of Western mythology and culture. The text examines the
contemporary art forms that shape the current representation of the
cowboy and the West in modern life and explores the origins of
cowboy imagery; the isolation of ranch life; the non-traditional
roles of female cobblers; and the depictions of boot wearers (both
male and female) as powerful, sexual, and independent. Soul Mates
is published to coincide with an exhibition to open at the New
Mexico Museum of Art in Santa Fe, New Mexico in May 2010.
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