Details

Subject(s)

• Mysticism and art [Browse]
• Mysticism in art [Browse]
• Art, Modern—20th century—Psychological aspects [Browse]
• Art, Modern—21st century—Psychological aspects [Browse]

Editor

• Fanning, Leesa [Browse]

Contributor

• Akbarnia, Ladan [Browse]

Issuing body

• Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art [Browse]

Sponsoring body

• Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art [Browse]

Summary note

"The spiritual in contemporary art is everywhere evident, yet rarely examined in scholarly research. Encountering the Spiritual in Contemporary Art addresses the subject in depth for the first time since Maurice Tuchman's seminal 1986 The Spiritual in Art: Abstract Painting 1890-1985. It significantly broadens the scope of previous scholarship to include new media and non-Western and Indigenous art in addition to that of the West. Encountering the Spiritual presents art from diverse cultures with equal status, promotes its cultural specificity, and moves beyond previous notions of "center and periphery," celebrating the plurality and global nature of contemporary art today. This unprecedented book--a valuable reference for years to come--integrates different ways of exploring the spiritual in art. Essays based on cultural affinities are rhythmically interspersed with thematic categories. These themes demonstrate greater diversity and hybridity of artists' sources of inspiration and their emphasis on art-making as spiritual process. Finally, selected artists' statements further expand the knowledge of an academic and general audience"-- Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• The spiritual in contemporary art: 1980s to the present / Leesa K. Fanning
• Engaging the spiritual in abstract art / Leesa K. Fanning
• Making visible that which is known: sustaining connections in First Nations and American Indian art / Karen Kramer
• Art-making as spiritual process / Leesa K. Fanning
• The presence and promise of the ancestors: spirituality in Australian Aboriginal art / Stephen Gilchrist
• Sacred topographies: material, form, and faith in the contemporary arts of Africa / Karen E. Milbourne
• Materials, form, color / Leesa K. Fanning
• Light of the eye, light of the heart: Sufism and contemporary art / Ladan Akbarnia
• Sources of inspiration / Leesa K. Fanning
• Unearthing the underground river of the spiritual: the Judeo-Christian tradition in contemporary art / Eleanor Heartney
• The artist's body as signifier of spiritual content / Leesa K. Fanning
• The art of being in the world / Mary Jane Jacob.

Show 9 more Contents items

ISBN

• 9780300233650 (hardcover)
• 0300233655 (hardcover)

LCCN

2017059416

OCLC

1019838035

Other standard number

• 99977297429

Statement on language in description

Princeton University Library aims to describe library materials in a manner that is respectful to the individuals and communities who create, use, and are represented in the collections we manage. Read more...