Art & histories

Abstract

"Each essay in this groundbreaking volume--the first in an exciting new series from the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts--engages aesthetic and cultural debates that situate research on the arts at the intersection of various disciplines, including architecture, film, literature, curatorial and museum studies, and the arts of performance. Reflecting the series' goal to engage with different cultural contexts and time periods, newly commissioned essays from emerging and established scholars address subjects ranging from medieval dance and ancient Assyrian reliefs to expressions of gender embodiment and the art of the Afro-Atlantic. First-person narratives ground theoretical considerations of the theme."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents

Foreword / Steven Nelson -- Preface to series / Kaira M. Cabañas -- Openings. "Where tenderness is possible" / Lisa Gail Collins -- Story line, Art & Histories, Havana-Washington Island / Glexis Novoa -- Essays. Introduction / Kaira M. Cabañas -- Arts of reckoning / Juno Richards -- This performer is not an artifact / Wanda Nanibush -- "I refuse": Estevão Silva / Lorraine Mendes & Igor Simões -- Pageantry as police work / Seeta Chaganti -- On removal and preservation / Erhan Tamur -- Key to artist project.