Art Along the Rivers

Beth Rubin

ISBN 10: 3777437549 / ISBN 13: 9783777437545

Published by Hirmer Verlag, DE, 2021

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Art Along the Rivers: A Bicentennial Celebration coincides with the Missouri state bicentennial. The catalogue brings together the region's paintings, sculptures, works on paper, furniture, ceramics, metals, textiles, and more to reveal and celebrate their shared artistic history. Beginning with the ancient Mississippian culture followed by the Osage, French, African American, German, British, and artists today, these communities developed rich artistic traditions that have vibrant legacies. Art Along the Rivers: A Bicentennial Celebration marks the 200th anniversary of Missouri's statehood. This exhibition catalogue presents extraordinary objects produced or collected within a 150-mile region around St. Louis. As a celebration of the cultural and artistic traditions of this region, the catalogue looks within- and beyond- the years of statehood to reveal how the region's geography, raw materials, and pressing social issues shaped over 1,000 years of rich artistic production. Though these objects have rarely been considered in connection with one another, the catalogue brings them into dialogue to establish and celebrate their shared artistic history and serves as the first significant publication to introduce this primary artistic material to a global audience.

Seller Inventory # LU-9783777437545

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Art Along the Rivers
• Publisher: Hirmer Verlag, DE
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3777437549
• ISBN 13: 9783777437545
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 1400 grams

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Synopsis

A collection of rich artifacts that have shaped artistic production in what is now Missouri.

Art Along the Rivers marks the two-hundredth anniversary of Missouri’s statehood. This exhibition catalog presents extraordinary objects produced or collected within a 150-mile region around St. Louis, including paintings, sculptures, drawings, furniture, ceramics, metals, and textiles. As a celebration of the cultural and artistic traditions of this region, the catalog looks within—and beyond—the years of statehood to reveal how the region’s geography, raw materials, and pressing social issues have shaped its rich artistic production. Though these objects have rarely been considered in connection with one another, the catalog brings them into dialogue to establish and celebrate their shared artistic history. Art Along the Rivers serves as the first significant publication to introduce this primary artistic material to a global audience.
 

About the Authors

Amy Torbert is the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Assistant Curator of American Art at the Saint Louis Art Museum. 

M. Melissa Wolfe is a curator and head of the Department of American Art at the Saint Louis Art Museum.