Unsettled, Art + Environment Conference, Nevada Museum of Art, 2017, Near Fine HC

Decker, Julie, et al. Reno: Nevada Museum of Art, 2017.

English, Near Fine, HC, Folio, 12 1/4" x 9 1/2", 221 pp. 

ISBN: 9783777428536

Swiss-bound hardcover in pictorial paper with an exposed-bound spine. Minor wear to tips and light soiling to back panel. 221 pp. Includes full-color images of artworks, including installations, paintings, photography, and more. Explores approximately 200 artworks produced within the Greater West super-region, encompassing Alaska all the way down to areas in South America, and focuses on the effects of colonialism, the relationship with the land, and the cultural continuity of many cultures. Published in conjunction with the traveling exhibition Unsettled, starting at the Nevada Museum of Art in Reno from August 26, 2017, to January 21, 2018. An interestingly designed book that presents an array of important artworks from modern artists, such as Ana Mendieta and her body art, to the work of cultures within the Pre-Columbian period, such as a 12th-century Mogollon painted corrugated bowl.