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West of center : art and the counterculture experiment in America, 1965-1977

In the heady and hallucinogenic days of the 1960s and 1970s, a diverse range of artists and creative individuals based in the American West broke the barriers between art and lifestyle and embraced the new, hybrid sensibilities of the countercultural movement. This book elaborates the historical and...

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Document Type: Online Resource Book
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press , 2012
Subjects:
USA
Online Access:http://kunst.proxy.fid-lizenzen.de/fid/upso-ebooks-art/dx.doi.org/10.5749/minnesota/9780816677252.001.0001
Related Items:Druckausg.: West of center
Author Notes:Elissa Auther and Adam Lerner, editors ; foreword by Lucy R. Lippard
E-Book Packages:Oxford University Press : Minnesota Scholarship Online / Art
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Summary:In the heady and hallucinogenic days of the 1960s and 1970s, a diverse range of artists and creative individuals based in the American West broke the barriers between art and lifestyle and embraced the new, hybrid sensibilities of the countercultural movement. This book elaborates the historical and artistic significance of these counterculture projects within the broader narrative of postwar American art, which skews heavily toward New York's avant-garde art scene.
Item Description:Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, Nov. 10, 2011-Feb. 19, 2012 and at the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Sept. 29, 2012-Jan. 6, 2013.. - Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:Online-Ressource (1 online resource (xxvii, 389 p.))
ISBN:9781452947440