Canon archivos - Modernidade(s) Descentralizadas Art, politics and counterculture on the transatlantic axis during the Cold War Sat, 14 Jul 2018 16:16:31 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 “Truth, Freedom, Perfection” Alfred Barr’s What Is Modern Painting? As Cold War Rhetoric https://modernidadesdescentralizadas.com/biblioteca/truth-freedom-perfection-alfred-barrs-what-is-modern-painting-as-cold-war-rhetoric-2/ Sat, 14 Jul 2018 15:07:13 +0000 https://modernidadesdescentralizadas.com/?post_type=ctb_article&p=2597 Hills’ essay traces Alfred H. Barr Jr.’s formulation of Abstract Expressionism as the embodiment of US values of freedom and artistic quality during the Cold War. Drawing on the Museum’s archives and Barr’s handbook to the collection “What is Modern Painting?” published in multiple editions and languages, she analyzes this influential guidebook to the collection, … Continue reading “Truth, Freedom, Perfection” Alfred Barr’s What Is Modern Painting? As Cold War Rhetoric

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]]> The Problem of Our American Collection: MoMA Collects at Home https://modernidadesdescentralizadas.com/biblioteca/the-problem-of-our-american-collection-moma-collects-at-home-2/ Thu, 10 Nov 2016 15:48:41 +0000 https://modernidadesdescentralizadas.com/?post_type=ctb_article&p=2614 In this essay for the exhibition catalogue of MoMA’s collection, Adler surveys definitions of art of the United States in the Museum prior to the canonization of Abstract Expressionism. Drawing on the Museum’s archive, she sheds light on museum founder and director Alfred H. Barr Jr.’s collecting priorities; internal struggles with trustees; political controversies related … Continue reading The Problem of Our American Collection: MoMA Collects at Home

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]]> Introduction: Canons and Art History https://modernidadesdescentralizadas.com/biblioteca/introduction-canons-and-art-history-2/ Thu, 10 Nov 2016 15:47:45 +0000 https://modernidadesdescentralizadas.com/?post_type=ctb_article&p=2611 Brzyski’s essay provides a useful framework to analyze the evolution of art historical canons. She argues that scholars need to interrogate the mechanisms through which often unquestioned hierarchies of artistic value are created by art historians and curators. In other words, she calls for the study of “the mechanics of the canonical system: how and … Continue reading Introduction: Canons and Art History

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