The photography of invention : American pictures of the 1980s, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. / essay by Joshua P. Smith ; introduction by Merry A. Foresta.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Joshua P.

Contributor:

National Museum of American Art (U.S.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Photography, Artistic--Exhibitions.

Photography, Artistic.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

227 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Other Title:

American pictures of the 1980s.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [1989]

Summary:

Pictures that are made, not taken, are the focus of this exciting collection of works by 90 American artists who are using appropriation, computer technology, performance, and numerous other sources of inspiration to stretch the limits and expand the possibilities of photographic art.

Notes:

Published for the exhibition held Apr. 28-Sept. 10, 1989.

Bibliography: pages 226-227.

ISBN:

0262192802

OCLC:

18628921