Published in conjunction with the exhibition Jeffrey Gibson: This is the Day, organized by the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, New York. Exhibition itinerary Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, September 8-December 9, 2018, and Blanton Museum of Art at the University of Texas, Austin, July 14-September 29, 2019. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Ceramics and ceramic assemblages. Jane Panetta -- Garments and helmets -- I was here -- Culture, materials, identity, and trade / Lowery Stokes Sims -- Paintings -- Bodies at work / Jane Panetta -- Sculptures and beaded works -- Ceramics and ceramic assemblages.
Summary:
Through painting, sculpture, installation, and film, Jeffrey Gibson brings together overlapping and conflicting cultures, histories, and aesthetics. Most recently he has explored notions of cultural and personal identity as they are communicated through aspects of adornment and dress. Highlighting his work from 2014 through 2018, including a series of garments and an original film that will debut as part of the accompanying exhibition at the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, this volume offers fresh insight into Gibson's approach, which melds the artist's Native American heritage with popular culture. Curated by Tracy L. Adler, Johnson-Pote Director of the Wellin Museum of Art, this selection of over fifty works features punching bags, paintings, beaded panels, and ceramics, among other works of art. An interview with Gibson by Adler and essays by Jane Panetta and Lowery Stokes Sims round out this beautiful book.
Indexed by:
Indexed in the Native American Artists Resource Collection Online, Billie Jane Baguley Library and Archives, Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona, at the artist name level (April 26, 2019) http://5019.sydneyplus.com/Heard_Museum_ArgusNET_Final/Portal.aspx
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.