Amwest Art

Catlin, 1830s
-"Invented" our perceptions of the Indians
-tried to document them in similar manner as Las Casas
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Catlin, 1830s
-"Invented" our perceptions of the Indians
-tried to document them in similar manner as Las Casas
Image: Catlin, 1830s -"Invented" our perceptions of the Indians -tried to document them in similar manner as Las Casas
Barbara Kreuger, 90s
-Out right challenging the romanticism attributed to the West/US in the past
-part of the "No radio" series
Image: Barbara Kreuger, 90s -Out right challenging the romanticism attributed to the West/US in the past -part of the "No radio" series
Emanuel Leutz, "Storming of the Teocalli"
-Romanticizing Spanish conquistadors destroying natives
-Part of Nemerov's show
Image: Emanuel Leutz, "Storming of the Teocalli" -Romanticizing Spanish conquistadors destroying natives -Part of Nemerov's show
Georgia O'Keeffe, 1929. "The Lawrence Tree"
-Set in New Mexico, based off of Lawrence's book
-nature/natural focused
-faraway nearby, sending a message out to space
-privacy of enormous space/embracing emptiness (only in the West)
Image: Georgia O'Keeffe, 1929. "The Lawrence Tree" -Set in New Mexico, based off of Lawrence's book -nature/natural focused -faraway nearby, sending a message out to space -privacy of enormous space/embracing emptiness (only in the West)
Anne Brigmann, 1900s.
-precursor to O'Keefe
-sexual, one with nature relationship
Image: Anne Brigmann, 1900s. -precursor to O'Keefe -sexual, one with nature relationship
Margaret Bourke-White, 1940s
-sensuality of modernity
-network, mapping (opposing O'Keefe)
Image: Margaret Bourke-White, 1940s -sensuality of modernity -network, mapping (opposing O'Keefe)
Ansel Adams, "Monolight Half Dome," 1930s.
-majestic, romantic force of nature
-zone system = using brightest whites and darkest blacks
-music like
Image: Ansel Adams, "Monolight Half Dome," 1930s. -majestic, romantic force of nature -zone system = using brightest whites and darkest blacks -music like
Ansel Adams, "Moonrise Hernandez New Mexico," 1930s.
-zone system = using brightest whites and darkest blacks
-music like
-vast, sublime America
-(also had Church and Road)
Image: Ansel Adams, "Moonrise Hernandez New Mexico," 1930s. -zone system = using brightest whites and darkest blacks -music like -vast, sublime America -(also had Church and Road)
Robert Adams, Colorado Suburbs series, 1970s.
-sprawl, almost empty
-pursuing the inner grace of the banal
-connecting formal design to an emotion
-small photons
Image: Robert Adams, Colorado Suburbs series, 1970s. -sprawl, almost empty -pursuing the inner grace of the banal -connecting formal design to an emotion -small photons
Unknown photographer, "The Flag Raising at Iwo Jima," 1945
- inspired Johnny Cash's "ballad of Ira Hayes"
-the act became romanticized/commoditized
-dogmatic devotion to US's image as savior nation
Image: Unknown photographer, "The Flag Raising at Iwo Jima," 1945 - inspired Johnny Cash's "ballad of Ira Hayes" -the act became romanticized/commoditized -dogmatic devotion to US's image as savior nation
1900s-1970s (made it almost every day) -drew with saliva and spit -born deaf -like utterances, child-like and simplified -artistic representation vs. historical accuracy -captures retired, sleepiness of world -irreducibleJames CastleRichard Avedon's "Portraits in the West" series, 1980s -originally fashion photographer -abstracted from place (white background) -very direct/intense gaze typical of Westerner -range of subjects (oil riggers, farmers, secretaries, migrant workers, etc.) -Catlin like? -politics of representation --> is it a 'fashion' of povertyRichard Avedon, bee portrait of Fischer -Buddha like patience and suffering -somewhat exploitative -agressive, direct gazeRichard Misrach, Salton Sea series, 1980s -photographed 'ghost towns' around Salton Sea -exposed the ecological disaster -portrayed as a land LOST, solitary -weird mix of serenity and pessimismDorothea Lange's Lake Berryessa series, 1960s -took photos of valley before filled up as a dam -preserving the nostalgia/history -empathetic, photographing the wronged -brings sense of history, opposing progress -sentimental respectLake BerryessaBierstadt, "Sierra" 1850s (also Mt. Rosalie painting) -boom and bust himself, by 1870s lost his $$$ -panoramic, but extreme detail -heavy romanization/heavenly view of nature ('boom' of the land) -safe vs unsafe imagination -perhaps influenced by Ludlow's drug use

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