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{"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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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. 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"}

{"id":380802203676,"title":"Constructing Revolution Poster","handle":"constructing-revolution-poster","description":"\u003cp\u003ePoster announces the major exhibition \u003cem\u003eConstructing Revolution: Soviet Propaganda Posters from between the World Wars\u003c\/em\u003e on view from September 23, 2017 through February 11, 2018 at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art.  The poster illustrates \u003ci\u003eFor the Proletarian Park of Culture and Leisure\u003c\/i\u003e, 1932, by Vera Adamovna Gitsevich, Russian, 1897-1976, one of the posters included in the exhibition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSuitable for framing. 20 w x 30 h inches.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2017-11-06T11:49:18-05:00","created_at":"2017-11-06T11:16:32-05:00","vendor":"Bowdoin College Museum of Art","type":"Poster","tags":["Posters \u0026 Prints"],"price":2000,"price_min":2000,"price_max":2000,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":2000,"compare_at_price_min":2000,"compare_at_price_max":2000,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":4989883088924,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"BCMA-PST-SOVIET","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Constructing Revolution Poster","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":2000,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":2000,"inventory_quantity":199,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/bcma-pst-soviet.jpg?v=1571438560"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/bcma-pst-soviet.jpg?v=1571438560","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Constructing Revolution exhibition poster.","id":655812853849,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/bcma-pst-soviet.jpg?v=1571438560"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/bcma-pst-soviet.jpg?v=1571438560","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003ePoster announces the major exhibition \u003cem\u003eConstructing Revolution: Soviet Propaganda Posters from between the World Wars\u003c\/em\u003e on view from September 23, 2017 through February 11, 2018 at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art.  The poster illustrates \u003ci\u003eFor the Proletarian Park of Culture and Leisure\u003c\/i\u003e, 1932, by Vera Adamovna Gitsevich, Russian, 1897-1976, one of the posters included in the exhibition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSuitable for framing. 20 w x 30 h inches.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":9737843473,"title":"The Ivory Mirror: The Art of Mortality in Renaissance Europe","handle":"the-ivory-mirror-the-art-of-mortality-in-renaissance-europe","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Stephen Perkinson\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWith contributions from Naomi Speakman, Katherine Baker, Elizabeth Morrison, and Emma Solberg.\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 June 24 through November 26, 2017.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe often imagine the Renaissance as an age of exceptional human progress and artistic achievement. But, intriguingly, macabre images proliferated in precisely this period: unsettling depictions of Death personified, of decaying bodies, of young lovers struck down in their prime. While the explicit goal of these memento mori was to remind viewers of life’s fragility and convince them of the urgent need to turn away from earthly pursuits, many of these objects also embraced the material pleasures of life, as they were elegantly crafted and composed of luxurious materials.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMorbid themes run riot in the remarkable array of artworks featured in \u003cem\u003eThe Ivory Mirror\u003c\/em\u003e. Nearly 200 illustrated artworks—from ivory prayer beads and gem-encrusted jewelry to exquisitely carved table sculptures and printed imagery—present us with an aspect of this era that is at once darker and more familiar than we might have expected. In the midst of an increasingly complex and uncertain world, Renaissance artists turned to poignant, often macabre imagery to address the critical human concern of acknowledging death, while striving to create a personal legacy that might outlast it. The essays gathered here discuss the development and significance of this transformative art of the past, while exploring themes that are still relevant today: how does one navigate the implicit tension between mortality and morality and seek to balance individual pleasure with the pursuit of a greater good? \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStephen Perkinson\u003c\/strong\u003e is Peter M. Small Associate Professor of Art History and guest curator, Bowdoin College Museum of Art. \u003cstrong\u003eNaomi Speakman\u003c\/strong\u003e is curator in the Department of Prehistory and Europe at the British Museum, London. \u003cstrong\u003eKatherine Baker \u003c\/strong\u003eis an assistant professor of art history at Arkansas State University. \u003cstrong\u003eElizabeth Morrison\u003c\/strong\u003e is senior curator of manuscripts at the J. Paul Getty Museum. \u003cstrong\u003eEmma Solberg\u003c\/strong\u003e is assistant professor of English at Bowdoin College.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished by the Bowdoin College Museum of Art and distributed by Yale University Press, New Haven and London.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e240 pages, with 174 color illustrations\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2017-10-24T09:58:55-04:00","created_at":"2017-06-29T08:47:04-04:00","vendor":"Bowdoin College Museum of Art","type":"Book","tags":["Art Museum","Catalogs \u0026 Books"],"price":5000,"price_min":5000,"price_max":5000,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":5000,"compare_at_price_min":5000,"compare_at_price_max":5000,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":36286447249,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"BCMA-17IVORY","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Ivory Mirror: The Art of Mortality in Renaissance Europe","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":5000,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":5000,"inventory_quantity":99,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/bcma-cat17ivory.jpg?v=1571438557"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/bcma-cat17ivory.jpg?v=1571438557","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Ivory Mirror book cover.","id":196114448473,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/bcma-cat17ivory.jpg?v=1571438557"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/bcma-cat17ivory.jpg?v=1571438557","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Stephen Perkinson\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWith contributions from Naomi Speakman, Katherine Baker, Elizabeth Morrison, and Emma Solberg.\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 June 24 through November 26, 2017.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe often imagine the Renaissance as an age of exceptional human progress and artistic achievement. But, intriguingly, macabre images proliferated in precisely this period: unsettling depictions of Death personified, of decaying bodies, of young lovers struck down in their prime. While the explicit goal of these memento mori was to remind viewers of life’s fragility and convince them of the urgent need to turn away from earthly pursuits, many of these objects also embraced the material pleasures of life, as they were elegantly crafted and composed of luxurious materials.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMorbid themes run riot in the remarkable array of artworks featured in \u003cem\u003eThe Ivory Mirror\u003c\/em\u003e. Nearly 200 illustrated artworks—from ivory prayer beads and gem-encrusted jewelry to exquisitely carved table sculptures and printed imagery—present us with an aspect of this era that is at once darker and more familiar than we might have expected. 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Small Associate Professor of Art History and guest curator, Bowdoin College Museum of Art. \u003cstrong\u003eNaomi Speakman\u003c\/strong\u003e is curator in the Department of Prehistory and Europe at the British Museum, London. \u003cstrong\u003eKatherine Baker \u003c\/strong\u003eis an assistant professor of art history at Arkansas State University. \u003cstrong\u003eElizabeth Morrison\u003c\/strong\u003e is senior curator of manuscripts at the J. Paul Getty Museum. \u003cstrong\u003eEmma Solberg\u003c\/strong\u003e is assistant professor of English at Bowdoin College.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished by the Bowdoin College Museum of Art and distributed by Yale University Press, New Haven and London.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e240 pages, with 174 color illustrations\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":9639901393,"title":"Why Draw? Poster","handle":"why-draw-poster","description":"\u003cp\u003ePoster depicting \u003cem\u003eMoosehorn, 1997\u003c\/em\u003e, watercolor by Neil Welliver, announces the major exhibition \u003cem\u003eWhy Draw? 500 Years of Drawings and Watercolors at Bowdoin College,\u003c\/em\u003e on view from May 3 through September 3, 2017.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSuitable for framing. 20 w x 30 h inches.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2017-06-15T09:13:42-04:00","created_at":"2017-06-15T09:15:33-04:00","vendor":"Bowdoin College Museum of Art","type":"Poster","tags":["Art Museum","Posters \u0026 Prints"],"price":2000,"price_min":2000,"price_max":2000,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":2000,"compare_at_price_min":2000,"compare_at_price_max":2000,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":35837685777,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"BCMA-PST-WHY","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Why Draw? Poster","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":2000,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":2000,"inventory_quantity":192,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/bcma-pst-why.jpg?v=1571438557"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/bcma-pst-why.jpg?v=1571438557","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Why Draw exhibition poster.","id":190785683545,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/bcma-pst-why.jpg?v=1571438557"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/bcma-pst-why.jpg?v=1571438557","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003ePoster depicting \u003cem\u003eMoosehorn, 1997\u003c\/em\u003e, watercolor by Neil Welliver, announces the major exhibition \u003cem\u003eWhy Draw? 500 Years of Drawings and Watercolors at Bowdoin College,\u003c\/em\u003e on view from May 3 through September 3, 2017.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSuitable for framing. 20 w x 30 h inches.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":9639897233,"title":"Why Draw? 500 Years of Drawings and Watercolors at Bowdoin College","handle":"why-draw-500-years-of-drawings-and-watercolors-at-bowdoin-college","description":"\u003cp\u003ePresenting historic and contemporary selections from one of the nation’s oldest collections of drawings, this richly illustrated and highly engaging volume explores the significance and pleasures found in tracing movements of the hand on paper by asking the question “Why Draw?”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn intimate art form, drawing offers a direct connection to one’s imagination; a means of exercising the eye, brain, and the hand; and a way to spark new ideas and resolve pictorial challenges. This volume features more than 100 exceptional drawings, pastels, watercolors, and collages from the Bowdoin College Museum of Art, which has been collecting drawings since the 1811 bequest of James Bowdoin III. The works exemplify what compels artists to draw and thus illustrate the ongoing relevance of drawing as the most foundational artistic practice. Gathered here for the first time in a book, the range, quality, and uniqueness of the drawings will captivate anyone interested in drawing as an art form. Reproduced in gorgeous color illustrations, works from Peter Paul Rubens to Mary Cassatt, Ed Ruscha, and Jim Dine are accompanied by brief commentary. Statements from acclaimed contemporary artists, leading curators, and distinguished scholars provide insights into the creative process. “Why Draw?” grants personal access to this singular, evolving collection and will appeal to art lovers everywhere.\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 May 3 through September 3, 2017.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEdited by Joachim Homann, with contributions from Susan Anderson, Peter Balakian, Avis Berman, Dana Byrd, Elizabeth Cleland, David Driskell, Pamela Fletcher, Caro Fowler, Natalie Frank, Laura Giles, Martha Hodes, Yvonne Jacquette, Jane Kallir, Edouard Kopp, Nancy Mowll Mathews, Marilyn McCully, Richard Saunders, James Siena, Richard Tuttle, Jake Wien\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover, 176 pages, 160 color illustrations. 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This volume features more than 100 exceptional drawings, pastels, watercolors, and collages from the Bowdoin College Museum of Art, which has been collecting drawings since the 1811 bequest of James Bowdoin III. The works exemplify what compels artists to draw and thus illustrate the ongoing relevance of drawing as the most foundational artistic practice. Gathered here for the first time in a book, the range, quality, and uniqueness of the drawings will captivate anyone interested in drawing as an art form. Reproduced in gorgeous color illustrations, works from Peter Paul Rubens to Mary Cassatt, Ed Ruscha, and Jim Dine are accompanied by brief commentary. Statements from acclaimed contemporary artists, leading curators, and distinguished scholars provide insights into the creative process. “Why Draw?” grants personal access to this singular, evolving collection and will appeal to art lovers everywhere.\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 May 3 through September 3, 2017.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEdited by Joachim Homann, with contributions from Susan Anderson, Peter Balakian, Avis Berman, Dana Byrd, Elizabeth Cleland, David Driskell, Pamela Fletcher, Caro Fowler, Natalie Frank, Laura Giles, Martha Hodes, Yvonne Jacquette, Jane Kallir, Edouard Kopp, Nancy Mowll Mathews, Marilyn McCully, Richard Saunders, James Siena, Richard Tuttle, Jake Wien\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover, 176 pages, 160 color illustrations. Published by the Bowdoin College Museum  of Art and DelMonico Books•Prestel.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

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{"id":6346621700,"title":"This Is a Portrait if I Say So: Identity in American Art, 1912 to Today","handle":"this-is-a-portrait-if-i-say-so-identity-in-american-art-1912-to-today","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnne Collins Goodyear, Jonathan Frederick Walz, and Kathleen Merrill Campagnolo, with a contribution by Dorinda Evans\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe sumptuously illustrated catalogue explores portraiture as a site of artistic experimentation, in works that shift the genre from one based on mimesis to one stressing symbolic associations between artists and subjects. Featuring over 100 color illustrations this publication probes the way we think about and picture the self and others.  Essays exploring three significant periods of experimentation in portraiture during the past century: the 1910s–20s; 1960s, and 1990–present have been prepared, respectively, by each of the three curators of the exhibition: Jonathan Frederick Walz, director of curatorial affairs \u0026amp; curator of American art, the Columbus Museum, Columbus, Georgia; Kathleen Merrill Campagnolo, independent curator and scholar, and Anne Collins Goodyear, co-director of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art. Dorinda Evans, professor emerita at Emory University, contributed a study of the prehistory of symbolic and abstract portraiture in the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe catalogue, published by Yale University Press in association with the Bowdoin College Museum of Art, accompanies an exhibition of the same name, on view through October 23, 2016 at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover, 2016. 264 pages, 107 color illustrations.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2016-08-02T08:45:00-04:00","created_at":"2016-08-02T08:48:10-04:00","vendor":"Bowdoin College Museum of Art","type":"Book","tags":["Art Museum","Catalogs \u0026 Books"],"price":6000,"price_min":6000,"price_max":6000,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":6000,"compare_at_price_min":6000,"compare_at_price_max":6000,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":21937728132,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"BCMA-CAT16PORT","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"This Is a Portrait if I Say So: Identity in American Art, 1912 to Today","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":6000,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":6000,"inventory_quantity":99,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/bcma-cat16port.jpg?v=1571438553"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/bcma-cat16port.jpg?v=1571438553","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"This Is a Portrait if I Say So book cover.","id":59892465753,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/bcma-cat16port.jpg?v=1571438553"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/bcma-cat16port.jpg?v=1571438553","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnne Collins Goodyear, Jonathan Frederick Walz, and Kathleen Merrill Campagnolo, with a contribution by Dorinda Evans\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe sumptuously illustrated catalogue explores portraiture as a site of artistic experimentation, in works that shift the genre from one based on mimesis to one stressing symbolic associations between artists and subjects. Featuring over 100 color illustrations this publication probes the way we think about and picture the self and others.  Essays exploring three significant periods of experimentation in portraiture during the past century: the 1910s–20s; 1960s, and 1990–present have been prepared, respectively, by each of the three curators of the exhibition: Jonathan Frederick Walz, director of curatorial affairs \u0026amp; curator of American art, the Columbus Museum, Columbus, Georgia; Kathleen Merrill Campagnolo, independent curator and scholar, and Anne Collins Goodyear, co-director of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art. Dorinda Evans, professor emerita at Emory University, contributed a study of the prehistory of symbolic and abstract portraiture in the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe catalogue, published by Yale University Press in association with the Bowdoin College Museum of Art, accompanies an exhibition of the same name, on view through October 23, 2016 at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover, 2016. 264 pages, 107 color illustrations.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

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