Gatecrashers : the rise of the self-taught artist in America / Katherine Jentleson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jentleson, Katherine, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kane, John, 1860-1934.

Kane, John.

Pippin, Horace, 1888-1946.

Pippin, Horace.

Moses, Grandma, 1860-1961.

Moses.

Outsider art--United States--20th century.

Outsider art.

Art, American--History--20th century.

Art, American.

History.

United States.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 248 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2020]

Summary:

"After World War I, artists without formal training 'crashed the gates' of major museums in the United States, democratizing the art world across lines of race, ethnicity, class, ability and gender. At the heart of this fundamental re-evaluation of who could be an artist in America were John Kane, Horace Pippin, and Anna Mary Robertson 'Grandma' Moses. In Gatecrashers, the stories of these three artists not only intertwine with the major critical debates and paradigm shifts of their period but also presage the call for diversity in representations of American art that is among the most powerful forces shaping the field today"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Modern primitives and national identity

"The most truly American" : John Kane's naturalized appeal

Both New Negro and American : Horace Pippin's crossover appeal

Goodwill grandma : Anna Mary Robertson Moses and Cold War cultural politics

Expanding the matrix of American art.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780520303423

0520303423

OCLC:

1107062069