Essays by Nora Burnett Abrams, Myeshia C. Babers, R. Alan Brooks, Jongwoo Jeremy Kim, Miranda Lash; editor, Isabel Venero. Artist list: John Baldessari, R. Alan Brooks, Mel Chin, Gregg Deal, Angela Ellsworth, rafa esparza, Fabian Guerrero, Juan Fuentes, Karl Haendel, Luis Jimenez, Kahlil Joseph, Grace Kennison, Deana Lawson, Matthew J. Mahoney, Laurel Nakadate, Richard Prince, Otis Kwame Quaicoe, Akasha Rabut, Lucy Raven, Ken Taylor Reynaga, Yumi Roth in collaboration with Emmanuel David, Ana Segovia, Amy Sherald, Stephanie Syjuco, Kenneth Tam, Andy Warhol, and Nathan Young. Includes bibliographical references. Catalogue for an exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, September 29, 2023-February 18, 2024.
Contents:
Director's foreword / Nora Burnett Abrams -- Acknowledgments / Nora Burnett Abrams, Miranda Lash -- From fact to myth and back again : the cowboy and contemporary art / Nora Burnett Abrams -- Alternate histories of the cowboy myth / Myeshia C. Babers, PhD -- Queer Norteno and the vaquero as "anti-cowboy" : interview with rafa esparza / by Miranda Lash -- Kenneth Tam's wild west : fabulations for John Chinaman / Jongwoo Jeremy Kim -- A dream to dearfield / R. Alan Brooks - Checklist -- Credits -- Authors' biographies.
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