Artists respond : American art and the Vietnam War, 1965-1975 /
"By the late 1960s, the United States was in a pitched conflict in Vietnam, against a foreign enemy, and at home--between Americans for and against the war and the status quo. This powerful book showcases how American artists responded to the war, spanning the period from Lyndon B. Johnson'...
| Uniform Title: | Artists respond (Smithsonian American Art Museum) |
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| Main Authors: | , , , , |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Text in English. |
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Washington, District of Columbia : Princeton, New Jersey ; Oxford, England :
Smithsonian American Art Museum ; in association with Princeton University Press,
[2019]
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| Summary: | "By the late 1960s, the United States was in a pitched conflict in Vietnam, against a foreign enemy, and at home--between Americans for and against the war and the status quo. This powerful book showcases how American artists responded to the war, spanning the period from Lyndon B. Johnson's fateful decision to deploy US Marines to South Vietnam in 1965 to the fall of Saigon ten years later. Artists Respond brings together works by many of the most visionary and provocative artists of the period, including Asco, Chris Burden, Judy Chicago, Corita Kent, Leon Golub, David Hammons, Yoko Ono, and Nancy Spero. It explores how the moral urgency of the Vietnam War galvanized American artists in unprecedented ways, challenging them to reimagine the purpose and uses of art and compelling them to become politically engaged on other fronts, such as feminism and civil rights. The book presents an era in which artists struggled to synthesize the turbulent times and participated in a process of free and open questioning inherent to American civic life. Illustrated in color throughout, Artists Respond features a broad range of art, including painting, sculpture, printmaking, performance and body art, installation, documentary cinema and photography, and conceptualism" |
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| Item Description: | "Published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name, on view at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC, March 15, 2019 to August 18, 2019. The exhibition will tour to the Minneapolis Institute of Art from September 28, 2019 to January 5, 2020"--Title page verso. |
| Physical Description: | xvi, 396 pages : illustrations (some color), photographs, portraits ; 31 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-382) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780691191188 0691191182 |