{"id":665266454556,"title":"Second Sight: The Paradox of Vision in Contemporary Art","handle":"second-sight-the-paradox-of-vision-in-contemporary-art","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEllen Y. Tani with an essay by Amanda Cachia and contributions by Joseph Grigely, Shaun Leonardo, Tony Lewis, Nyeema Morgan and Gala Porras-Kim\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished in conjunction with an exhibition of the same name on view at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art from March 1 through June 3, 2018.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFeaturing sculptural, sound-based, and language-based artworks, this fascinating volume explores the experiential, psychological, and metaphorical implications of blindness and invisibility in recent American art. New research addresses the paradox of why and how numerous sighted and unsighted artists, normally considered to be “visual artists,” such as William Anastasi, Robert Morris, Joseph Grigely, and Lorna Simpson, have challenged the primacy of vision as a bearer of perceptual authority. Their work explores what resides on the other side of the visual field, prompting audiences to reflect upon the significance of what we cannot see, whether by choice, habit, or physiological limitations, in the world around us. In so doing, they point to ways of knowing beyond what can be observed with the eyes, as well as to the invisible forces (societal, political, cultural) that govern our own frameworks of experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEllen Y. Tani\u003c\/strong\u003e is the Andrew W. 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Shaun Leonardo is a New York-based artist and Bowdoin Class of 2001. \u003cstrong\u003eTony Lewis\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Chicago-based artist. \u003cstrong\u003eNyeema Morrgan\u003c\/strong\u003e is a New York-based artist. \u003cstrong\u003eGala Porras-Kim\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Los Angeles-based artist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished by the Bowdoin College Museum of Art in Association with Scala Arts Publisher’s, Inc.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBinding: Hardback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePages: 112 pages\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2018-03-06T15:40:52-05:00","created_at":"2018-03-06T15:43:27-05:00","vendor":"Bowdoin College Museum of Art","type":"Book","tags":["Catalogs \u0026 Books"],"price":4500,"price_min":4500,"price_max":4500,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":4500,"compare_at_price_min":4500,"compare_at_price_max":4500,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":7871222841372,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"BCMA-CAT-SECOND","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Second Sight: The Paradox of Vision in Contemporary Art","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":4500,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":4500,"inventory_quantity":100,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/bcma-cat-second.jpg?v=1571438562"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/bcma-cat-second.jpg?v=1571438562","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Second Sight book cover.","id":794883391577,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/bcma-cat-second.jpg?v=1571438562"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/bcma-cat-second.jpg?v=1571438562","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEllen Y. Tani with an essay by Amanda Cachia and contributions by Joseph Grigely, Shaun Leonardo, Tony Lewis, Nyeema Morgan and Gala Porras-Kim\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished in conjunction with an exhibition of the same name on view at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art from March 1 through June 3, 2018.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFeaturing sculptural, sound-based, and language-based artworks, this fascinating volume explores the experiential, psychological, and metaphorical implications of blindness and invisibility in recent American art. New research addresses the paradox of why and how numerous sighted and unsighted artists, normally considered to be “visual artists,” such as William Anastasi, Robert Morris, Joseph Grigely, and Lorna Simpson, have challenged the primacy of vision as a bearer of perceptual authority. Their work explores what resides on the other side of the visual field, prompting audiences to reflect upon the significance of what we cannot see, whether by choice, habit, or physiological limitations, in the world around us. In so doing, they point to ways of knowing beyond what can be observed with the eyes, as well as to the invisible forces (societal, political, cultural) that govern our own frameworks of experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEllen Y. Tani\u003c\/strong\u003e is the Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellow at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art. \u003cstrong\u003eAmanda Cachia\u003c\/strong\u003e is Assistant Professor of Art History at Moreno Valley College in Southern California. \u003cstrong\u003eJoseph Grigely \u003c\/strong\u003eis a Chicago-based artist and writer. 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