Ginny Ruffner: Reforestation of the Imagination
Ginny Ruffner offers tongue-in-cheek descriptions of her fanciful flowers in this interactive “field guide.”
Books
Between Worlds: The Art of Bill Traylor
Bill Traylor (ca. 1853–1949) is regarded today as one of the most important American artists of the twentieth century.
Trevor Paglen: Sites Unseen
Trevor Paglen blurs the lines between art, science, and investigative journalism to construct unfamiliar and at times unsettling ways to see and interpret the world around us.
Diane Arbus: A box of ten photographs
In late 1969, Diane Arbus (1923–1971) began to work on a portfolio. She titled it A box of ten photographs.
African American Masters: Highlights from the Smithsonian American Art Museum
African American Masters focuses on black artists whose efforts in the twentieth century demonstrate their command of mainstream traditions as well as the open assertion and exploration of their dual heritage.
Alexis Rockman: A Fable for Tomorrow
Inspired by nineteenth-century landscape painting, science-fiction film, and firsthand study, Rockman’s paintings proffer a vision of the natural world that is equal parts fantasy and empirical fact.