The modern moves west
Subtitle: California artists and democratic culture in the twentieth century
By: Richard Cándida Smith.
Series: The arts and intellectual life in modern America
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Philadelphia, Pa
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780812241884
Subjects: Art, American -- California -- 20th century; Art and society -- California -- History -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Dilemmas of professional culture; title: The case for modern art as a distinct form of knowledge; title: Modern art in a provincial nation; title: Modern art and California's progressive legacies; title: From an era of grand ambitions; title: Becoming postmodern; title: California assemblage: art as counterhistory; title: Learning from the Watts Towers; title: Contemporary art along the U.S.-Mexican border; title: Conclusion: improvising from the margins.