Shifting shorelines : art, industry, and ecology along the Hudson River / Annette Blaugrund, Betti-Sue Hertz , Elizabeth Hutchinson, and Dorothy M. Peteet ; with contributions by Ross Barrett, Tracy Brown, Victoria Horrocks, May Joseph, Anthony Papa, Christopher Pickerell, Steven Schimmrich, and Jonathan Weinberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barrett, Ross, 1977- author.

Brown, Tracy (Clean-water advocate), author.

Horrocks, Victoria, author.

Joseph, May, author.

Papa, Anthony, author.

Pickerell, Christopher, author.

Schimmrich, Steven, author.

Weinberg, Jonathan, 1957- author.

Contributor:

Blaugrund, Annette, curator.

Hertz, Betti-Sue, curator.

Hutchinson, Elizabeth, curator.

Peteet, Dorothy M., curator.

Wallach Art Gallery., host institution.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wallach Art Gallery--Exhibitions.

Wallach Art Gallery.

Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.)--In art--Exhibitions.

Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.).

Natural history--Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.).

Natural history.

Genre:

exhibition catalogs.

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

144 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), map, charts ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University in the City of New York, [2024]

Summary:

"Shifting Shorelines, published in conjunction with an eponymous exhibition, brings together historical and contemporary art, material culture, and environmental science to engage in an interdisciplinary critical dialogue. Through visual, ecological, and material evidence the authors demonstrate the various cycles of exploitation, damage, and reclamation. In so doing, the publication offers a counter reading of the received art historical narratives about the 'scenic Hudson'--narratives overwhelmingly grounded on the work of white male artists--and aims for a rich and complex understanding of the legacy, lives, and livelihoods along the river informed by the voices and experiences of a broad range of creators. By focusing deeply on a specific place, this richly illustrated collection of essays offers a story of human and more-than-human history that reverberated across the country on other industrialized rivers such as the Mississippi, Ohio, and Columbia"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Foreword and acknowledgments / Betti-Sue Hertz

Introduction / Annette Blaugrund, Bettie-Sue Hertz , Elizabeth Hutchinson, Dorothy M. Peteet

From relative to resource: depicting ecology and industry along the Hudson, 1650-1850 / Elizabeth Hutchinson

Early New York oyster jars / Christopher Pickerell

Landscape painting and the Hudson Valley brick industry / Ross Barrett

Omissions from the canon: artists' representations of industry along the Hudson River in the 19th and 20th centuries / Annette Blaugrund

Industrial harmony: connecting industry along the Hudson River railroad / Victoria Horrocks

Hudson marshes: archives, biodiversity, climate change, and human impact / Dorothy M. Peteet

The geology of shifting shorelines / Steven Schimmrich

From deregulation to restoration: shifting the Hudson's storyline / Tracy Brown

The Hudson River and Anthony Papa / Anthony Papa

Hudson River as sink: waste, pollution, and the restoration of nature / May Joseph

On the waterfront again / Jonathan Weinberg

Extraction, products, and the environment: materiality in contemporary art of the Hudson River / Betti-Sue Hertz.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

"This publication is issued in conjunction with the exhibition Shifting Shorelines: Art, Industry, and Ecology on view at the Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University in the City of New York, October 5, 2024 to January 12, 2025." - Colophon.

ISBN:

1884919391

9781884919398

OCLC:

1437986781