In 1937, the United States Section of Fine Arts unveiled two murals by Rockwell Kent in the US Post Office Department headquarters in Washington, DC. Depicting the farthest points served by the postal service, the murals were intended by the Section to present a unified vision of the country. But Kent, in collaboration with reporter Ruby A. Black and ethnologist Vilhjalmur Stefansson, inserted a political statement into one of the paintings encouraging Puerto Ricans to throw off the yoke of US rule. Based on unpublished correspondence between Kent, Black, and Stefansson, I argue that Kent’s message of universal democracy collided with his commitment to cultural nationalism and with the nationalistic nature of Section commissions. The incident resonates with controversies around US government-sponsored art projects that continue to this day.
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{"title":"Martha Wilson Oral History Interview","authors":"L. Zapol","doi":"10.1086/706843","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1086/706843","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":41204,"journal":{"name":"ARCHIVES OF AMERICAN ART JOURNAL","volume":"25 1","pages":"110 - 111"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2019-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83323048","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"艺术学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Eduardo Carrillo Papers","authors":"M. Simms","doi":"10.1086/706842","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1086/706842","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":41204,"journal":{"name":"ARCHIVES OF AMERICAN ART JOURNAL","volume":"18 1","pages":"108 - 109"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2019-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85059343","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"艺术学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
My curatorial intervention for the Archives of American Art Journal presents a range of materials (photographs, letters, journal entries, clippings) I have encountered in my work that have made me stop and ask, “Should I be seeing this? – Is this okay?” These items have prompted me to consider the responsibilities a researcher has regarding discretion. Where does empathy lie in historical writing? How does a curator or art historian activate sensitive material in a way that is sympathetic to their subject? Are these legitimate concerns? Do they get in the way of telling the truth? When is it appropriate to reveal what could be difficult, compromising, expectation turning, or problematic? When is it off limits? Curators and art historians constantly navigate this space.
我在《美国艺术杂志档案》(Archives of American Art Journal)上的策展介入展示了我在工作中遇到的一系列材料(照片、信件、日记条目、剪报)，这些材料让我停下来问:“我应该看到这些吗?”-这样可以吗?”这些项目促使我考虑研究人员在自由裁量权方面的责任。在历史写作中，同理心在哪里?策展人或艺术史学家如何以一种同情他们主题的方式激活敏感材料?这些担忧合理吗?他们会妨碍你说真话吗?什么时候应该揭示什么是困难的、妥协的、期望转变的或有问题的?什么时候是禁区?策展人和艺术史学家不断地在这个空间中穿行。
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{"title":"Acquisitions Section Opener","authors":"","doi":"10.1086/698347","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1086/698347","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":41204,"journal":{"name":"ARCHIVES OF AMERICAN ART JOURNAL","volume":"154 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2019-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74108350","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"艺术学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ilene Segalove Papers","authors":"M. Simms","doi":"10.1086/703667","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1086/703667","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":41204,"journal":{"name":"ARCHIVES OF AMERICAN ART JOURNAL","volume":"128 1","pages":"94 - 95"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2019-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88127964","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"艺术学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Focusing on the diary of Dr. William Henry Thayer, father of the artist Abbott Handerson Thayer, this essay calls upon scholars to probe archives for signs of health and disease, as a physician might investigate a patient’s body. The presence of this diary in the Thayer Family Papers raises important questions for art historians: What does it mean to understand an artist’s life and work through the lens of illness? Can we examine an artist’s archive for symptoms of disease, as a physician examines the body to diagnose a patient? What might be gained by reading an artist’s personal papers in medical terms? Like a medical subject, archives can often appear incoherent and incomplete, but a critical (one might say clinical) gaze can animate their surfaces and depths, generating new insights and possible futures.
{"title":"Diagnosing the Archive","authors":"Elizabeth Lee","doi":"10.1086/703662","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1086/703662","url":null,"abstract":"Focusing on the diary of Dr. William Henry Thayer, father of the artist Abbott Handerson Thayer, this essay calls upon scholars to probe archives for signs of health and disease, as a physician might investigate a patient’s body. The presence of this diary in the Thayer Family Papers raises important questions for art historians: What does it mean to understand an artist’s life and work through the lens of illness? Can we examine an artist’s archive for symptoms of disease, as a physician examines the body to diagnose a patient? What might be gained by reading an artist’s personal papers in medical terms? Like a medical subject, archives can often appear incoherent and incomplete, but a critical (one might say clinical) gaze can animate their surfaces and depths, generating new insights and possible futures.","PeriodicalId":41204,"journal":{"name":"ARCHIVES OF AMERICAN ART JOURNAL","volume":"10 1","pages":"70 - 77"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2019-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76146648","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"艺术学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The Archives of American Art holds a large collection of John Singer Sargent’s letters. Most are notes he sent, not ones he received. As scholars, how are we to address the challenge of this partial conversation, or halfalogue? This essay calls upon researchers to bring all of their interpretive skills, visual and intellectual, to recontextualize such incomplete correspondence. It also asks readers to acknowledge their own artistry and imagination in any attempt to recreate the past, reminding them that a letter is in itself a work of art, composed and colored according to its recipient and moment.
{"title":"The Challenge of the Halfalogue","authors":"Erica E. Hirshler","doi":"10.1086/703663","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1086/703663","url":null,"abstract":"The Archives of American Art holds a large collection of John Singer Sargent’s letters. Most are notes he sent, not ones he received. As scholars, how are we to address the challenge of this partial conversation, or halfalogue? This essay calls upon researchers to bring all of their interpretive skills, visual and intellectual, to recontextualize such incomplete correspondence. It also asks readers to acknowledge their own artistry and imagination in any attempt to recreate the past, reminding them that a letter is in itself a work of art, composed and colored according to its recipient and moment.","PeriodicalId":41204,"journal":{"name":"ARCHIVES OF AMERICAN ART JOURNAL","volume":"27 1","pages":"78 - 85"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2019-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83466224","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"艺术学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Lee Hall Papers","authors":"Josh Franco","doi":"10.1086/703664","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1086/703664","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":41204,"journal":{"name":"ARCHIVES OF AMERICAN ART JOURNAL","volume":"213 1","pages":"88 - 89"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2019-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89086783","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"艺术学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Christine Burgin Gallery Records","authors":"A. Leddy","doi":"10.1086/703666","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1086/703666","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":41204,"journal":{"name":"ARCHIVES OF AMERICAN ART JOURNAL","volume":"28 1","pages":"92 - 93"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2019-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84460491","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"艺术学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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