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Hopi Futurist

The Art and Architecture of Dennis Numkena

by Danya Epstein ...

Series series The Charles M. Russell Center Series on Art and Photography of the American West
Next to a golf course, in a busy Phoenix neighborhood, a terracotta-colored condo complex of unusual organic shapes and shaded balconies surges into view, its forms recalling Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwellings across the Southwest. This striking structure is Anasazi Village Condominiums (1983), one of the major contributions that Hopi artist and architect Dennis Numkena (1941–2010) made to ... Read more

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Next to a golf course, in a busy Phoenix neighborhood, a terracotta-colored condo complex of unusual organic shapes and shaded balconies surges into view, its forms recalling Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwellings across the Southwest. This striking structure is Anasazi Village Condominiums (1983), one of the major contributions that Hopi artist and architect Dennis Numkena (1941–2010) made to
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Bad Indians Book Club

Reading at the Edge of a Thousand Worlds

by Patty Krawec ...

"A fascinating advanced seminar about how to think, read, think about reading, and think about Indigenous lives." --Booklist, starred reviewIn this powerful reframing of the stories that make us, Anishinaabe writer Patty Krawec leads us into the borderlands of history, science, memoir, and fiction to ask: What worlds do books written by marginalized people describe and invite us to inhabit?When a ... Read more

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"A fascinating advanced seminar about how to think, read, think about reading, and think about Indigenous lives." --Booklist, starred reviewIn this powerful reframing of the stories that make us, Anishinaabe writer Patty Krawec leads us into the borderlands of history, science, memoir, and fiction to ask: What worlds do books written by marginalized people describe and invite us to inhabit?When a
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Art in the After-Culture

Capitalist Crisis and Cultural Strategy

by Ben Davis ...

It is a peculiar moment for art, as it becomes both increasingly rarefied and associated with elite lifestyle culture, while simultaneously ubiquitous, with the boom of "creative" industries and the proliferation of new technologies for making art. In these important essays, Ben Davis covers everything from Instagram to artificial intelligence, eco-art to cultural appropriation. Critical, ... Read more

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It is a peculiar moment for art, as it becomes both increasingly rarefied and associated with elite lifestyle culture, while simultaneously ubiquitous, with the boom of "creative" industries and the proliferation of new technologies for making art. In these important essays, Ben Davis covers everything from Instagram to artificial intelligence, eco-art to cultural appropriation. Critical,
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Contemporary Painting (World of Art)

by Suzanne Hudson ...

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This international survey of contemporary painting by a leading author features artwork from over 250 renowned artists whose ideas and aesthetics characterize the painting of our time.The twentieth century brought radical changes in art—including the shift from modernism to postmodernism—which were accompanied by fierce debates regarding the place of painting in contemporary culture. Contemporary ... Read more

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This international survey of contemporary painting by a leading author features artwork from over 250 renowned artists whose ideas and aesthetics characterize the painting of our time.The twentieth century brought radical changes in art—including the shift from modernism to postmodernism—which were accompanied by fierce debates regarding the place of painting in contemporary culture. Contemporary
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Critical Play

Radical Game Design

by Mary Flanagan ...

An examination of subversive games like The Sims—games designed for political, aesthetic, and social critique.For many players, games are entertainment, diversion, relaxation, fantasy. But what if certain games were something more than this, providing not only outlets for entertainment but a means for creative expression, instruments for conceptual thinking, or tools for social change? In Critical ... Read more

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An examination of subversive games like The Sims—games designed for political, aesthetic, and social critique.For many players, games are entertainment, diversion, relaxation, fantasy. But what if certain games were something more than this, providing not only outlets for entertainment but a means for creative expression, instruments for conceptual thinking, or tools for social change? In Critical
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What Is Contemporary Art?

by Terry Smith ...

Who gets to say what counts as contemporary art? Artists, critics, curators, gallerists, auctioneers, collectors, or the public? Revealing how all of these groups have shaped today’s multifaceted definition, Terry Smith brilliantly shows that an historical approach offers the best answer to the question: What is Contemporary Art?Smith argues that the most recognizable kind is characterized by a ... Read more

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Who gets to say what counts as contemporary art? Artists, critics, curators, gallerists, auctioneers, collectors, or the public? Revealing how all of these groups have shaped today’s multifaceted definition, Terry Smith brilliantly shows that an historical approach offers the best answer to the question: What is Contemporary Art?Smith argues that the most recognizable kind is characterized by a
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Performing Turtle Island

Indigenous Theatre on the World Stage

Edited by Jesse Rae Archibald-Barber, Kathleen Irwin, Moira J. Day ...

“A valuable and timely collection.” —Alan D. Filewod, author of Committing TheatreFollowing the Final Report on Truth and Reconciliation, Performing Turtle Island investigates theatre as a tool for community engagement, education, and resistance.Understanding Indigenous cultures as critical sources of knowledge and meaning, each essay addresses issues that remind us that the way to reconciliation ... Read more

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“A valuable and timely collection.” —Alan D. Filewod, author of Committing TheatreFollowing the Final Report on Truth and Reconciliation, Performing Turtle Island investigates theatre as a tool for community engagement, education, and resistance.Understanding Indigenous cultures as critical sources of knowledge and meaning, each essay addresses issues that remind us that the way to reconciliation
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The Ethics of Architecture

by Mark Kingwell ...

A lively and accessible discussion of how architecture functions in a complex world of obligation and responsibility, with a preface offering specific discussion of architecture during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. What are the special ethical obligations assumed by architects? Because their work creates the basic material conditions that make all other human activity possible, architects and ... Read more

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A lively and accessible discussion of how architecture functions in a complex world of obligation and responsibility, with a preface offering specific discussion of architecture during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. What are the special ethical obligations assumed by architects? Because their work creates the basic material conditions that make all other human activity possible, architects and
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A Reader In Themed and Immersive Spaces

by Scott A. Lukas ...

Since the late 2000s, the themed space has been the subject of widespread analysis and criticism in academic communities as well as a popular source of entertainment for people around the world. Themed spaces have, at their foundation, an overarching narrative, symbolic complex, or story that drives the overall context of their spaces. Theming, in some very unique ways, has expanded beyond ... Read more

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Since the late 2000s, the themed space has been the subject of widespread analysis and criticism in academic communities as well as a popular source of entertainment for people around the world. Themed spaces have, at their foundation, an overarching narrative, symbolic complex, or story that drives the overall context of their spaces. Theming, in some very unique ways, has expanded beyond
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Mythologizing Norval Morrisseau

Art and the Colonial Narrative in the Canadian Media

by Carmen L. Robertson ...

Mythologizing Norval Morrisseau examines the complex identities assigned to Anishinaabe artist Norval Morrisseau. Was he an uneducated artist plagued by alcoholism and homelessness? Was Morrisseau a shaman artist who tapped a deep spiritual force? Or was he simply one of Canada’s most significant artists?Carmen L. Robertson charts both the colonial attitudes and the stereotypes directed at ... Read more

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Mythologizing Norval Morrisseau examines the complex identities assigned to Anishinaabe artist Norval Morrisseau. Was he an uneducated artist plagued by alcoholism and homelessness? Was Morrisseau a shaman artist who tapped a deep spiritual force? Or was he simply one of Canada’s most significant artists?Carmen L. Robertson charts both the colonial attitudes and the stereotypes directed at
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Posthumanism in Art and Science

A Reader

Edited by Giovanni Aloi, Susan McHugh ...

Posthumanism synthesizes philosophical, literary, and artistic responses to technological advancements, globalization, and mass extinction in the Anthropocene. It asks what it can mean to be human in an increasingly more-than-human world that has lost faith in the ideal of humanism, the autonomous, rational subject, and it models generative alternatives cognizant of the demands of social and ... Read more

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Posthumanism synthesizes philosophical, literary, and artistic responses to technological advancements, globalization, and mass extinction in the Anthropocene. It asks what it can mean to be human in an increasingly more-than-human world that has lost faith in the ideal of humanism, the autonomous, rational subject, and it models generative alternatives cognizant of the demands of social and
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Ideas About Art

by Kathleen K. Desmond ...

Ideas About Art is an intelligent, accessible introductory text for students interested in learning how to think about aesthetics.It uses stories drawn from the experiences of individuals involved in the arts as a means of exposing readers to the philosophies, theories, and arguments that shape and drive visual art.An accessible, story-driven introduction to aesthetic theory and philosophyPrompts ... Read more

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Ideas About Art is an intelligent, accessible introductory text for students interested in learning how to think about aesthetics.It uses stories drawn from the experiences of individuals involved in the arts as a means of exposing readers to the philosophies, theories, and arguments that shape and drive visual art.An accessible, story-driven introduction to aesthetic theory and philosophyPrompts
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