Dialogues with the self: New thoughts on Marsden Hartley's self-portraits

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Marsden Hartley figured prominently in American modernism and was among the first to explore abstraction as his prime expression. His early life influenced his images directly and art historian Bruce Robertson suggests that Hartley turned to self-portraiture in his last years to work through childhood issues of loss and abandonment, a prime example being the self-portrait Sustained Comedy--Portrait of an Object, which overflows with references to the artist's insecure childhood, his sexuality, his past art and religious fervor.

Analysis, Modernism, Painting, Modern, Modern painting, Hartley, Marsden

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Lovechild: Stieglitz, O'Keeffe, and the birth of American modernism

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The group of American Moderns, known as the second Stieglitz circle, was formed by photographer Alfred Stieglitz with a circle of artists and writers who were committed to his spiritual, nature-centered aesthetic. The concept of race played a central role in their construction of American modernism and Georgia O'Keeffe, an artist in this circle served as the symbol of the aspirations of this circle as the arrangement of colors in her works achieved a harmonious pattern that represented the ideal world they imagined.

Photography of the nude, Nude photography, O'Keeffe, Georgia, Stieglitz, Alfred

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Topographical portraits: Seven views of Richard Avedon's In the American West

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The ambiguities of the western portrait project conducted by Richard Avedon between 1978 and 1984 which resulted in both a major exhibition and a book 'In the American West' is addressed. The book is explained by situating it in several contexts, biographical, historical, geographic, aesthetic and philosophical that brings out differing and conflicting aspects of the project.

Art, Art exhibitions, Avedon, Richard, Portrait painting

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