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Centering Modernism - J. Jay McVicker and Postwar American Art (Hardcover)
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Centering Modernism - J. Jay McVicker and Postwar American Art (Hardcover)
Series: The Charles M. Russell Center Series on Art and Photography of the American West
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During the twentieth century, artists across the United States
participated in the modernist movement. But as American modernism
evolved during the 1950s and 1960s, the art world likewise changed,
narrowing its vision toward large coastal cities such as New York
and Los Angeles. As these cities increasingly claimed the
avant-garde for themselves, artists from the ""flyover"" states all
but disappeared from the canon of experimental artists. Among these
forgotten figures is Oklahoma modernist J. Jay McVicker
(1911-2004). In Centering Modernism, Louise Siddons fills a curious
gap in the history of American art by exploring - and indeed
salvaging - McVicker's career and contributions to international
modernism. A painter, printmaker, and sculptor, McVicker served as
chair of the Department of Art at Oklahoma State University. As his
career progressed, he experimented with different styles and
expanded his professional network, exhibiting his work in major
national and international galleries and museums. Marshaling
evidence from primary sources - including newly discovered archival
sources and interviews with the artist's friends, family, and
colleagues - Siddons traces McVicker's development from his early
regionalist roots through biomorphic abstraction, hard-edge
geometric abstraction, and finally to a style that reflects the
shifting boundaries of postmodernism. Despite his achievements,
McVicker - along with other midwestern artists - dropped out of
view during the postwar period due to what Siddons terms the
coastalization of American art, as critics, artists, and curators
from the East and West Coasts formed an elite and tightly knit
group that garnered exclusive institutional access and support.
According to Siddons, the bias against artists outside that circle
continues to this day, even among revisionist scholars. Featuring
nearly one hundred full-color reproductions of McVicker's works,
Centering Modernism showcases the extraordinary range of his
artistry. As the first comprehensive survey of McVicker's career
and oeuvre, this volume is also the story of American modernism in
all its diversity.
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Imprint: |
University of Oklahoma Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
The Charles M. Russell Center Series on Art and Photography of the American West |
Release date: |
August 2018 |
Authors: |
Louise Siddons
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Dimensions: |
279 x 216 x 33mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth over boards
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Pages: |
328 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8061-6033-7 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
0-8061-6033-0 |
Barcode: |
9780806160337 |
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