Overview
An expansive collection catalogue that offers a multiplicity of fresh perspectives on recent modern and contemporary art acquisitions in The Phillips Collection. Planned to coincide with The Phillips Collection's centennial and exhibition, this ground-breaking volume offers an unprecedented breadth of insights and inclusive narratives on the Phillips's growing art collection from a range of voices, including artists, critics, and scholars. Seeing Differently features works across wide-ranging media by renowned artists from the 19th to the 21st centuries, including Benny Andrews, Alexander Calder, Edgar Degas, Simone Leigh, and Renee Stout. An opening essay by Dorothy Kosinski, artist conversations, thematic essays, and 150 plates with 50 object responses by notable contributors, ensure that this will be a lasting art historical resource. AUTHORS: David C. Driskell is an artist, scholar, and professor emeritus at the University of Maryland. Mary Jane Jacob is professor and executive director of exhibitions at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Dorothy Kosinski is Vradenburg Director & CEO of The Phillips Collection. Elsa Smithgall is senior curator at The Phillips Collection. 278 colour illustrations
Full Product Details
Author: David C Driskell ,
Mary Jane Jacob ,
Dorothy Kosinski ,
Elsa Smithgall
Publisher: D Giles Ltd
Imprint: GILES
ISBN: 9781911282761
ISBN 10: 191128276
Pages: 360
Publication Date: 26 February 2021
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Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
"""A sumptuous companion volume.""--Eve M. Kahn, Apollo ""Highly recommended for libraries supporting undergraduate or graduate programs in art, art history, or museum studies. The catalog's focus on amplifying marginalized voices and the museum's self-described commitment to challenging the system of white supremacy...may widen its appeal to those interested in how historic institutions are addressing diversity, equity, and inclusion in the twenty-first century.""--Shira Loev Eller, ARLIS/NA ""A sumptuous companion volume""--Eve M. Kahn, Apollo"
A sumptuous companion volume. --Eve M. Kahn, Apollo Highly recommended for libraries supporting undergraduate or graduate programs in art, art history, or museum studies. The catalog's focus on amplifying marginalized voices and the museum's self-described commitment to challenging the system of white supremacy...may widen its appeal to those interested in how historic institutions are addressing diversity, equity, and inclusion in the twenty-first century. --Shira Loev Eller, ARLIS/NA A sumptuous companion volume --Eve M. Kahn, Apollo
Author Information
Dorothy Kosinski is Vradenburg Director & CEO of The Phillips Collection. Elsa Smithgall is senior curator at The Phillips Collection.
