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- ISBN 9780847837052
- Dimensions: 254 x 305mm
- Publication Date: 10 Sep 2024
- Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
- Language: English
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Knowing the West encourages deeper consideration of a familiar topic, to celebrate the wide variety of cultures that together reflect the complex histories and stories of the American West. Astonishing in range, historical significance, medium, and quality, more than 120 artworks by Native American and non-Native artists are presented including textiles, baskets, paintings, pottery, sculpture, beadwork, saddles, and prints honoring a large percentage of women-makers, in particular. The artworks are shown in meaningful dialogue, such as a California basket by Elizabeth Hickox (Wiyot/Karuk), juxtaposed with a large-scale California landscape by Albert Bierstadt, emphasizing influence and exchange and pointing out different ways of thinking about land and place. Multiple texts by a diverse range of scholars with broad-reaching perspectives explore topics such as Lakota winter counts, saddle designs, Euro-American artists as collectors, printmaking, diplomacy, Hispanic art traditions at the border, and Pueblo and Hopi potters. This unprecedented volume includes artworks from the late 18th to early 20th centuries from more than 35 distinct tribal nations alongside American artists.
Mindy N. Besaw, PhD, is the Director of Research, Fellowships, and University Partnerships and curator of American Art at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. Prior to this post, Besaw was curator of art at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West. Jami C. Powell, PhD (Osage), is curator of Indigenous Art at the Hood Museum at Dartmouth College, where she also serves as a lecturer in the Indigenous Studies Department. Powell has also held positions at Tufts University and the Denver Museum of Nature and Science.
