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How art played a central role in the design of America's racial enterpriseand how contemporary artists resist it. Art has long played a key role in constructing how people understand and imagine America. Starting with contemporary controversies over public monuments in the United States, Rebecca Zorach carefully examines the place of art in the occupation of land and the upholding of White power in the US, arguing that it has been central to the design of America's racial enterprise. Confronting closely held assumptions of art history, Zorach looks to the intersections of art, nature, race, and place, working through a series of symbolic spacesthe museum, the wild, islands, gardens, home, and walls and bordersto open and extend conversations on the political implications of art and design. Against the backdrop of central moments in American art, from the founding of early museums to the ascendancy of abstract expressionism, Zorach shows how contemporary artistsincluding Dawoud

Temporary Monuments

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      Publisher University of Chicago Press
      Published 4/23/2024
      ISBN-13 9780226831015
      978-0226831015
      ISBN-10 226831019
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      Art & Photography Theory of art

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      Book Synopsis
      How art played a central role in the design of America's racial enterpriseand how contemporary artists resist it. Art has long played a key role in constructing how people understand and imagine America. Starting with contemporary controversies over public monuments in the United States, Rebecca Zorach carefully examines the place of art in the occupation of land and the upholding of White power in the US, arguing that it has been central to the design of America's racial enterprise. Confronting closely held assumptions of art history, Zorach looks to the intersections of art, nature, race, and place, working through a series of symbolic spacesthe museum, the wild, islands, gardens, home, and walls and bordersto open and extend conversations on the political implications of art and design. Against the backdrop of central moments in American art, from the founding of early museums to the ascendancy of abstract expressionism, Zorach shows how contemporary artistsincluding Dawoud

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