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Look Close, Think Far - Art at the Ackland (Paperback)
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Look Close, Think Far - Art at the Ackland (Paperback)
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This richly illustrated volume introduces one of America's finest
university art museums - one whose directors, curators, donors, and
patrons have left a remarkable legacy, a museum collection that
encourages us all to "look close, think far." The selection of over
280 highlights is presented with brief commentaries and an essay
that traces the growth of the Ackland Art Museum's outstanding
collection. The Ackland Art Museum at the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill is one of the United States' most
distinguished public university art museums. Founded in 1958, it
now houses over 20,000 works of art, covering some 5,000 years of
cultures from around the globe. Look Close, Think Far is the
tagline of the Ackland, informing everything from the dynamic and
varied program of special exhibitions to ambitious interpretation,
education, and outreach activities. It applies especially strongly
to the museum's extensive permanent collection. Although an
integral part of the oldest public university in the United States,
the Ackland is a relatively young institution. Now approaching its
sixty-fifth year, it has become the proud steward of over 20,000
works of art from an impressively broad range of world cultures and
time periods. The Museum is known for its special strengths in art
of the European tradition, with very strong holdings in prints and
drawings; the arts of Asia, and especially China, Japan, and India;
a small but fine collection of classical art from Africa; and
recent and contemporary art. This publication showcases a
cross-section though the diverse collection, with 283 works, giving
an impression of the Ackland's permanent collection that is true to
its character, representative of its breadth, and indicative of its
quality. The essay gives special attention to the early stages and
the less obvious, more idiosyncratic moments that have contributed
to the Ackland's personality and individuality. The approach taken
by the editor Peter Nisbet, deputy director for curatorial affairs
at the Ackland, differs from most conventional volumes of museum
collection highlights in several refreshing ways. Instead of
separating works along the lines of curatorial departments, the
arrangement emphasizes the unity of the collection by merging works
from different cultures. These are presented in a largely
chronological sequence, but one that surprises by starting with the
present and extending back in time. Within this order, works of art
are deliberately paired across individual page openings, to
stimulate visual attention, reflective thinking, and sometimes
maybe just a smile.
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