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The Resource Supernatural America : the paranormal in American art, edited by Robert Cozzolino ; with contributions by Wendy Bellion [and fifteen others]

Supernatural America : the paranormal in American art, edited by Robert Cozzolino ; with contributions by Wendy Bellion [and fifteen others]

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Summary
  • "Simply put, the history of American manifest destiny is written in blood and paved with ghosts: those of Native Americans, slaves, war casualties, and countless others caught in the crosshairs of our nation's "progress." Between the trauma, bloody wars, everyday violence, and the threat (always) of nuclear annihilation, a culture of the supernatural has long been part of our heritage. This quirky book is the exhibition catalogue for "the first major assessment of the supernatural in American art." As such, it studies works from the nineteenth century to the present day, works by artists exploring all manner of things spooky from séances to UFO sightings to possession to the ghosts that stalk our battlefields, lynching sites, and the space of other unhappy adventures. The exhibition itself promises to be strong-minded and colorful. Many of the artworks on the walls and in the pages of the catalogue are captivating, creepy, or occasionally just plain silly as they explore contacts between the living and the uncanny"--
  • "America is haunted. Ghosts from its violent history--the genocide of Indigenous peoples, slavery, the threat of nuclear annihilation, and traumatic wars--are an inescapable and unsettled part of the nation's heritage. Not merely in the realm of metaphor but present and tangible, urgently calling for contact, these otherworldly visitors have been central to our national identity. Through times of mourning and trauma, artists have been integral to visualizing ghosts, whether national or personal, and in doing so have embraced the uncanny and the inexplicable. This stunning catalog, accompanying the first major exhibition to assess the spectral in American art, explores the numerous ways American artists have made sense of their own experiences of the paranormal and the supernatural, developing a rich visual culture of the intangible. Featuring artists from James McNeill Whistler and Kerry James Marshall to artist/mediums who made images with spirits during séances, this catalog covers more than two hundred years of the supernatural in American art. Here we find works that explore haunting, UFO sightings, and a broad range of experiential responses to other worldly contact."--
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
343 pages
Note
Issued in conjunction with an exhibition organized by the Minneapolis Institute of Art
Contents
  • Uncanny spaces
  • Sarah Burns
  • Phantasmagoria
  • Wendy Bellion
  • "Things not tangible" : portraits, sitters and the supernatural
  • Rachael Z. DeLue
  • Ghosts in the machines
  • Brandon Hodge
  • How to paint a ghost around 1900
  • Adam M. Thomas
  • Foreword
  • These unseen beings
  • Robert Cozzolino
  • Dust
  • Tony Oursler
  • Magic's deconstruction of art, science, and religion
  • George P. Hansen
  • Wilson Bentley's army of souls
  • Alexander Nemerov
  • Bringing the invisible to light : aura and psychic photography
  • Michelle Donnelly
  • Katie Luber
  • Black black magic
  • Bridget R. Cooks
  • The rootworker's worktable
  • Renée Stout
  • Contemporary witch culture
  • Lacey Prpić Hedtke
  • Goddess, body, and earth : feminist spirits in the 1970s
  • Rachel Middleman
  • Popular culture and the paranormal/supernatural
  • Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock -- Appendix: Octopus series
  • Introduction : America is haunted
  • Robert Cozzolino
  • Destinies manifest
  • John Jota Leaños
  • Hauntology
  • Maria del Pilar Blanco
Isbn
9780226786827
Instance
Label
Supernatural America : the paranormal in American art
Title
Supernatural America
Title remainder
the paranormal in American art
Statement of responsibility
edited by Robert Cozzolino ; with contributions by Wendy Bellion [and fifteen others]
Title variation
Paranormal in American art
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Contributor
Editor
Issuing body
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Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
  • "Simply put, the history of American manifest destiny is written in blood and paved with ghosts: those of Native Americans, slaves, war casualties, and countless others caught in the crosshairs of our nation's "progress." Between the trauma, bloody wars, everyday violence, and the threat (always) of nuclear annihilation, a culture of the supernatural has long been part of our heritage. This quirky book is the exhibition catalogue for "the first major assessment of the supernatural in American art." As such, it studies works from the nineteenth century to the present day, works by artists exploring all manner of things spooky from séances to UFO sightings to possession to the ghosts that stalk our battlefields, lynching sites, and the space of other unhappy adventures. The exhibition itself promises to be strong-minded and colorful. Many of the artworks on the walls and in the pages of the catalogue are captivating, creepy, or occasionally just plain silly as they explore contacts between the living and the uncanny"--
  • "America is haunted. Ghosts from its violent history--the genocide of Indigenous peoples, slavery, the threat of nuclear annihilation, and traumatic wars--are an inescapable and unsettled part of the nation's heritage. Not merely in the realm of metaphor but present and tangible, urgently calling for contact, these otherworldly visitors have been central to our national identity. Through times of mourning and trauma, artists have been integral to visualizing ghosts, whether national or personal, and in doing so have embraced the uncanny and the inexplicable. This stunning catalog, accompanying the first major exhibition to assess the spectral in American art, explores the numerous ways American artists have made sense of their own experiences of the paranormal and the supernatural, developing a rich visual culture of the intangible. Featuring artists from James McNeill Whistler and Kerry James Marshall to artist/mediums who made images with spirits during séances, this catalog covers more than two hundred years of the supernatural in American art. Here we find works that explore haunting, UFO sightings, and a broad range of experiential responses to other worldly contact."--
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  • Provided by publisher
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ICU/DLC
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • bibliography
  • catalogs
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
1970-
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  • Cozzolino, Robert
  • Bellion, Wendy
  • Minneapolis Institute of Art
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  • Art, American
  • Supernatural in art
  • Art américain
  • Surnaturel dans l'art
  • ART / General
  • Art, American
  • Supernatural in art
Target audience
adult
Label
Supernatural America : the paranormal in American art, edited by Robert Cozzolino ; with contributions by Wendy Bellion [and fifteen others]
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Note
Issued in conjunction with an exhibition organized by the Minneapolis Institute of Art
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-316) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • text
  • still image
Content type code
  • txt
  • sti
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Contents
  • Uncanny spaces
  • Sarah Burns
  • Phantasmagoria
  • Wendy Bellion
  • "Things not tangible" : portraits, sitters and the supernatural
  • Rachael Z. DeLue
  • Ghosts in the machines
  • Brandon Hodge
  • How to paint a ghost around 1900
  • Adam M. Thomas
  • Foreword
  • These unseen beings
  • Robert Cozzolino
  • Dust
  • Tony Oursler
  • Magic's deconstruction of art, science, and religion
  • George P. Hansen
  • Wilson Bentley's army of souls
  • Alexander Nemerov
  • Bringing the invisible to light : aura and psychic photography
  • Michelle Donnelly
  • Katie Luber
  • Black black magic
  • Bridget R. Cooks
  • The rootworker's worktable
  • Renée Stout
  • Contemporary witch culture
  • Lacey Prpić Hedtke
  • Goddess, body, and earth : feminist spirits in the 1970s
  • Rachel Middleman
  • Popular culture and the paranormal/supernatural
  • Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock -- Appendix: Octopus series
  • Introduction : America is haunted
  • Robert Cozzolino
  • Destinies manifest
  • John Jota Leaños
  • Hauntology
  • Maria del Pilar Blanco
Control code
1193111714
Dimensions
29 cm
Extent
343 pages
Isbn
9780226786827
Lccn
2020051721
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Note
WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 505
Other control number
40030658706
Other physical details
illustrations (chiefly color)
System control number
(OCoLC)1193111714
Label
Supernatural America : the paranormal in American art, edited by Robert Cozzolino ; with contributions by Wendy Bellion [and fifteen others]
Publication
Copyright
Note
Issued in conjunction with an exhibition organized by the Minneapolis Institute of Art
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-316) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • text
  • still image
Content type code
  • txt
  • sti
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Contents
  • Uncanny spaces
  • Sarah Burns
  • Phantasmagoria
  • Wendy Bellion
  • "Things not tangible" : portraits, sitters and the supernatural
  • Rachael Z. DeLue
  • Ghosts in the machines
  • Brandon Hodge
  • How to paint a ghost around 1900
  • Adam M. Thomas
  • Foreword
  • These unseen beings
  • Robert Cozzolino
  • Dust
  • Tony Oursler
  • Magic's deconstruction of art, science, and religion
  • George P. Hansen
  • Wilson Bentley's army of souls
  • Alexander Nemerov
  • Bringing the invisible to light : aura and psychic photography
  • Michelle Donnelly
  • Katie Luber
  • Black black magic
  • Bridget R. Cooks
  • The rootworker's worktable
  • Renée Stout
  • Contemporary witch culture
  • Lacey Prpić Hedtke
  • Goddess, body, and earth : feminist spirits in the 1970s
  • Rachel Middleman
  • Popular culture and the paranormal/supernatural
  • Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock -- Appendix: Octopus series
  • Introduction : America is haunted
  • Robert Cozzolino
  • Destinies manifest
  • John Jota Leaños
  • Hauntology
  • Maria del Pilar Blanco
Control code
1193111714
Dimensions
29 cm
Extent
343 pages
Isbn
9780226786827
Lccn
2020051721
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Note
WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 505
Other control number
40030658706
Other physical details
illustrations (chiefly color)
System control number
(OCoLC)1193111714

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