Name: mixed blessings,new art in a multicultural america
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Author: Lucy R. Lippard
ISBN: 9781565845732

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mixed blessings,new art in a multicultural america

Type

Physical Book

Author

Lucy R. Lippard

Publisher

New Press

Language

English

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

23.4 x 20.2 x 1.8 cm

Weight

0.73 kg.

ISBN

1565845730

ISBN13

9781565845732

Synopsis "mixed blessings,new art in a multicultural america"

The New Press is proud to publish a new paperback edition of Mixed Blessings, the first book to discuss the cross-cultural process taking place in the work of contemporary Latino, Native, African, and Asian American artists. Rich with illustrations of artworks in many different media, and filled with incisive quotes and unsettling reports, it is more than a book about art; it is a complex meditation on the relationships of people to their cultures. Lucy R. Lippard, one of our most original and insightful writers on art, challenges conventional approaches and explores the role of images in a changing society. Among her subjects are the uncertainty of exile; the confusion of identity in attempts to climb out of the melting pot; and art that speaks for itself, reversing stereotypes and reclaiming history and memory. The New Press edition features a new introduction by Lippard that reconsiders the issues first presented in Mixed Blessings when it appeared in 1990 and evaluates the state of multicultural art today.

Lucy R. Lippard

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Lucy R. Lippard (New York, 1937) is a writer, art critic, curator, and American activist, known for her pioneering role in conceptual art and artistic feminism. Throughout her career, she has published more than 20 books on contemporary art, activism, feminism, and cultural politics. She has received numerous awards and recognitions, including the Guggenheim Fellowship (1968), the Frank Jewett Mather Award from the College Art Association (1975), the Distinguished Feminist Award (2012), and the Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award for Writing on Art (2015).

Among her most notable works are Six Years: The Dematerialization of the Art Object from 1966 to 1972 (1973), From the Center: Feminist Essays on Women's Art (1976), Eva Hesse (1976), Overlay: Contemporary Art and the Art of Prehistory (1983), Mixed Blessings: New Art in a Multicultural America (1990), and The Lure of the Local: Senses of Place in a Multicentered Society (1997). Her work falls within the genre of critical essay and art theory, and has been fundamental in understanding the intersections between art, politics, and society.

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