Inspired by a companion exhibition, Southern/Modern is the First book to survey progressive art created in the American South during the First Half of the Twentieth century.
Severens, Jonathan Stuhlman, Rebecca VanDiver, and Jonathan Frederick Walz..
Oliver, Jeffrey Richmond-Moll, Martha R.
Mazow, Christopher C.
Herman, Karen Towers Klacsmann, Leo G.
Ferris, Shawnya Harris, Todd A.
Crawford, William Underwood Eiland, William R.
Contributors are Daniel Belasco, Katelyn D.
The book is structured around key themes, including the embrace of high modernism, the importance of emerging university programs and artist colonies, the depiction of rural and urban modern life, and the role of artists from the South who left and artists from outside the region who came to the South seeking new subjects.
It examines the central roles played by women and artists of color, providing a fuller, richer, and more accurate overview of the artistic activity in the region than has been previously presented.
Contributors take a broad view of the region, considering artists working in the states below the Mason-Dixon Line and those bordering the Mississippi River.
Featuring twelve essays, this lavishly illustrated volume includes all the works from the exhibition and assesses a broader body of contextual pieces to offer a fascinating, multipronged look at modernism\'s thriving presence in the South--until now, something largely overlooked in histories of American art.
Inspired by a companion exhibition, Southern/Modern is the First book to survey progressive art created in the American South during the First Half of the Twentieth century
