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Subtitle: American portraits
By: Donna De Salvo ; with contributions by Maurice Berger ... [et al.].
Contributors: Berger, Maurice, 1956-; Parrish Art Museum.; Wexner Center for the Arts.; Tampa Museum of Art.
Publisher: Parrish Art Museum; Flammarion
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Southampton, N.Y; Paris; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 128
Subjects: Portraits, American -- 20th century -- Exhibitions.; Self-portraits, American -- 20th century -- Exhibitions.
Genres: Exhibitions.
Description: "What is a portrait today?" is the defining question of this volume. Essays by such leading scholars and critics as Maurice Berger, Kenneth E. Silver, Max Kozloff, and Michele Wallace propose fascinating answers, framing portraiture through its age-old kinship with status and wealth; its employ in fashion, politics, and advertising; and its current association with issues of identity.

The catalogue also explores the seemingly quixotic rebirth of studied portraiture in an age of instant image-making; the philosophical difficulties inherent in capturing individual 'essence'; and why portraits of individuals have such cachet in mass-audience advertising.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 119-121).
Catalog for the exhibition at the Parrish Art Museum, July 16-Sept. 3, 1995, Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, Ohio, Feb. 3-Apr. 21, 1996, and Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Fla., July 14-Sept. 8, 1996.
Table of contents: title: Facing both ways : some thoughts on portraiture today / Donna De Salvo; title: In praise of the particular : American portraits / Kenneth E. Silver; title: Making faces / Maurice Berger; title: Portraiture and performance / Max Kozloff; title: The gap alternative / Michele Wallace.