West of Center by Elissa Auther

West of Center by Elissa Auther

In the heady and hallucinogenic days of the 1960s and '70s, a diverse range of artists and creative individuals based in the American West-from the Pacific coast to the Rocky Mountains and the Southwest- broke the barriers between art and lifestyle and embraced the new, hybrid sensibilities of the countercultural movement.

"West of Center is an overview of the rich and complicated countercultural moment when different artistic practices shared a belief in and dedication to alternative methods and materialsFrom Drop City to Anna and Lawrence Halprin’s workshops, from Paolo Soleri to Newton and Helen Harrison’s ecological projects, this volume makes connections across disciplines and describes multi-faceted influences on the art of today." —Chip Lord, Founder and partner with Ant Farm, 1968 - 1978

Elissa Auther is associate professor of contemporary art at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. She is the author of String, Felt, Thread: The Hierarchy of Art and Craft in American Art (Minnesota, 2010).

Adam Lerner is director of the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver and chief animator in the Department of Fabrications.

Lucy R. Lippard is an internationally known writer, activist, and curator. She is the author of eighteen books on contemporary art and has written art criticism for Art in America, The Village Voice, and Z Magazine, among other publications.

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ISBN 13	9780816677269
ISBN 10	0816677263
Title	West of Center
Author	Elissa Auther
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	University of Minnesota Press
Year published	2011-11-02
Number of pages	448
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