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Flex / edited by Dan Curley, Rachel Seligman, Gregory Spinner.
Fine Arts Library N7574.4 .F55 2023
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Human figure in art--Exhibitions.
- Human figure in art.
- Bodybuilding--Exhibitions.
- Bodybuilding.
- Art, American--20th century--Exhibitions.
- Art, American.
- Installations (Art)--United States--20th century--Exhibitions.
- Installations (Art).
- Sculpture, American--20th century--Exhibitions.
- Sculpture, American.
- Muscle strength--In art--20th century--Exhibitions.
- Muscle strength.
- Male nude in art--20th century--Exhibitions.
- Male nude in art.
- Nude in art--20th century--Exhibitions.
- Nude in art.
- United States.
- Genre:
- exhibition catalogs.
- Exhibition catalogs
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Physical Description:
- 136 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Saratoga Springs, NY : The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, at Skidmore College, [2023]
- Summary:
- FLEX explores the potent intersections of muscular physiques and heroic imagery across history, and how these images represent changing notions of bravery, beauty, and health. Works ranging from historical material, material culture, and contemporary art are explored through cross-disciplinary essays and interviews by artists and Skidmore College faculty. FLEX challenges long-held assumptions and classical ideals of muscle, presenting a range of perspectives across race, gender, and ability. Looking carefully at muscled images, FLEX reflects on the ever-present gaze leveled at our bodies, and the scrutiny, criticism, and correction they routinely undergo. -- Publisher's website.
- Contents:
- Foreword / Ian Berry
- Why muscle? / Dan Curley and Gregory Spinner
- Sculpted: Embodied classicism
- Building bodies: Rituals of muscle
- Worshipping heroes: Narratives of muscle
- Counternarratives: Expanding the canon
- Notes:
- Catalog of the exhibition held at the Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College, February 22-June 7, 2020.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9780998242279
- 0998242276
- OCLC:
- 1392028059
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