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Water : a contemporary American view / organized by the Gibbes Museum of Art ; guest curator Thomas H. Garver

Catalog Data

Author:
Garver, Thomas H  Search this
Gibbes Museum of Art (Charleston, S.C.)  Search this
Physical description:
106 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Date:
1999
C1999
20th century
Notes:
"To celebrate the South Carolina Aquarium."
This catalogue "accompanies an exhibition of the same title on view at the following museums: Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, South Carolina, October 1-December 12, 1999; Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, Alabama, January 14-March 15, 2000; Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, Wisconsin, April 22-June 25, 2000"--T.p. verso.
Contents:
Foreword : why water? / Paul Figueroa -- Guest curator's acknowledgements / Thomas H. Garver -- From the South Carolina Aquarium / Christopher Andrews -- Reality, virtual reality, museums, art and water / Thomas H. Garver -- Water as surface and liquid : Joseph Raffael, Mark Innerst, Richard Estes, Jane Wilson, John Alexander -- Water and land, water and sky : David Bates, June Leaf, Wade Hoefer -- Water as metaphor and narrative : Margaret Nielsen, Deborah Brown, Andre Von Morisse, Janet Gillespie, Fanny Brennan -- Water as form and symbol : Anthony Pessler, April Gornik, Michael Mazur, Stephen Hannock, Jennifer Bartlett -- Water : liquid medium to solid substance : Jack Zajac, Bryan Hunt, Dale Chihuly, Robert Stackhouse -- Artist checklist -- Artists' biographies (edited)
Topic:
Water in art  Search this
Art, American  Search this
Call number:
N8261.W27 W38 1999
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_621679