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River Crossings - Contemporary Art Comes Home (Hardcover)
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River Crossings - Contemporary Art Comes Home (Hardcover)
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In a unique and groundbreaking presentation of important
contem--porary art rarely seen in the traditional environs of the
Hudson River Valley, the Thomas Cole National Historic Site and
Olana, Frederic Edwin Church's Persian-inspired mansion, will
showcase the work of con-temporary American artists such as Chuck
Close, Cindy Sherman, Maya Lin, Martin Puryear, and Gregory
Crewdson, some of the 30 artists exhibiting. Stephen Hannock,
celebrated luminist painter and one of the exhibition's
co-curators, believes that "this is a terrific opportunity to open
up contemporary art, as well as these historic properties, to
audiences who will see firsthand these shared artistic
concerns."The works of art selected for the exhibition will be
shown at the two venues to encourage visitors to experience both
distinguished properties and the grandeur of their surroundings,
and to present a complete overview and understanding of these
contemporary works in a location where many art historians believe
American art was born. The accompanying publication, River
Crossings: Contempo--rary Art Comes Home, will provide readers with
a lavish record of this extraordinary and innovative exhibition,
and will offer unique and highly informative perspectives on the
continuity of the American artistic tradition in one of the
nation's most historic locations.In addition to an impressive plate
section of more than 60 works with brief artist biographies and
descriptive narratives for the individual works, this comprehensive
presentation features noteworthy, exceptional contributions.
Stephen Hannock's preface details the development of this
remarkable exhibition, while co-curator Jason Rosenfeld reveals in
his essay the exhibition's importance relative to historical
perception as he considers Cole's and Church's support of
contemporary art in their time. Cultural historian Maurice Berger
considers the realities of race and gender from the
nineteenth-century Hudson River Valley to the present, and Marvin
Heiferman, curator and writer, examines photography in the
exhibition and its connections to Church's work and his use of the
medium. Award-winning architectural and landscape photographer
Peter Aaron generously provided the stunning installation,
exterior, and landscape photographs, a gorgeous complement to this
outstanding catalogue.
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