Publication

2017 - McGill-Queen's University Press

Language

English

Word Count

113,500 words, Guess

Page Count

454 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139780773549784
  • ISBN-100773549781
  • OCLC Control Number964327570
  • Better World Books9780773549784
  • Open LibraryOL28848497M

Classifications

  • LCCN70
  • LCCN7480 .N37 2017

Description

"Somewhere between global and local, the nation still lingers as a concept. National art histories continue to be written--some for the first time--while innovative methods and practices redraw the boundaries of these imagined communities. Narratives Unfolding considers the mobility of ideas, transnationalism, and entangled histories in essays that define new ways to see national art in ever-changing nations. Examining works that were designed to reclaim or rethink issues of territory and dispossession, home and exile, contributors to this volume demonstrate that the writing of national art histories is a vital project for intergenerational exchange of knowledge and its visual formations. Essays showcase revealing moments of modern and contemporary art history in Canada, Egypt, Iceland, India, Ireland, Israel/Palestine, Romania, Scotland, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates, paying particular attention to the agency of institutions such as archives, art galleries, milestone exhibitions, and artist retreats. Old and emergent art cities, including Cairo, Dubai, New York, and Vancouver, are also examined in light of avant-gardism, cosmopolitanism, and migration. Narratives Unfolding is both a survey of current art historical approaches and their connection to the source: art-making and art experience happening somewhere."--

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Narratives Unfolding: National Art Histories in an Unfinished WorldMcGill-Queen's University Press2017-01-01

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