The Third Mind: American Artists Contemplate Asia, 1860-1989 illuminates the dynamic and complex impact of Asian art, literary texts and philosophical concepts on American artistic practices from the late nineteenth century through the present. Released to accompany a major survey at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, The Third Mind traces how the classical arts of India, China and Japan and the systems of Hindu, Taoist, Tantric Buddhist and Zen Buddhist thought that were collectively admired as the "East" were known, reconstructed and transformed by American cultural, intellectual and political forces. Featuring 270 objects in an array of media including painting, works on paper, books and ephemera, sculptures, video art and installations, this richly illustrated catalogue also includes scholarly essays by museum curators and academics specializing in art history, intellectual history, Asian studies and Postcolonial religious and cultural studies and representing a range of interdisciplinary perspectives.
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This intelligent sojourn into transpacific culture appeals as broadly as the sprawling topic it covers; of great interest to students of art history, music theory and composition, peripatetic culture wanderers, and aesthetes in general. --Douglas F. Smith, Berkeley PL, CA
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Alexandra Munroe is Samsung Senior Curator, Asian Art at the Guggenheim Museum, New York; Vivien Greene is Curator, 19th- and Early 20th-Century Art at the Guggenheim Museum. "Kristine Stiles is Associate Professor of Art and Art History at Duke University and the co-editor of Theories and Documents of Contemporary Art. Her forthcoming publications include Uncorrupted Joy: Art Actions, History, and Social Value, Correspondence Course: Selected Letters of Carolee Schneemann and her Circle, and Concerning Consequences: Performance Art and Survival in Cultures of Trauma."
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Impressive overview of Asian influences on American art,
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This massive and thoroughly researched collected volume covers the Asian influence on American art from the late 19th century to the present. The articles are serious and interesting and are profusely illustrated in b &w and color as well. I especially enjoyed the article on Abstract Expressionism, as it showed links between Japanese and Chinese art and the classics of Abstract Expressionism that have been repressed and denied, partly for political reasons. The book as a whole puts the various aspects of Asian influence (Zen, ukiyo-e, Buddhism) within a political and historical context, avoiding the idea of the "timeless East." As an appendix there are biographies and short bibliographies of the artists discussed, from Mary Cassatt and Jackson Pollack to Yoko Ono. There is also an extensive bibliography at the end. If you have any interest in the topic, this is clearly the book to have.
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Wonderful exploration of Asian influence,
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The Third Mind is a wonderful exploration of Asian influence on American artists. It touched on several areas I had not considered. It was a good read to prepare for viewing the exhibition. Great price.
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