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University Museums Supplemental Resources

These guides offer further reading and viewing for reACT and Focus galleries and are curated by Parks' subject specialists.

Sept 14 - Oct 2, 2020 | Resources curated by Jeff Alger

Looking at Art

The Female Body in the Looking-Glass: Contemporary Art, Aesthetics and GenderlandSliwinska, Basia, 2016 (Online)

Looking at art / chief contributing editor, David Piper; contributors, Christopher Cornford, Peter Owen, 1984 Parks ND1143 .L66 1984

Thirteen ways of looking at Latino art / Ilan Stavans and Jorge J. E. Gracia. 2014 Parks, N6502.5 S73 2014

To see is to think: looking at American art / Joshua C. Taylor. 1975, Parks N6505 .T38

Looking at art from the inside out: the psychoiconographic approach to modern art / Mary Mathews Gedo. 1994, Parks ND1158 .P74 G43 1994

Thinking about art: a thematic guide to art history / Penny Huntsman. 2016, Parks N5303 H86 2016

How to see : looking, talking, and thinking about art / David Salle. 2016, Parks N6490 .S178 2016

(Re)thinking "art": a guide for beginners / Steve Shipps, 2008 Parks N7425 .S53 2008

Where's B**ksy? / Xavier Tapies 2016, Parks N6797  >b393 T37x 2016 

Making Race: Modernism and “Racial Art" in America, Jacqueline Francis 2012, Online

 

Art & Immigration

Crossing cultures: conflict, migration and convergence: the proceedings of the 32nd International Congress of the History of Art  / edited by Jaynie Anderson. 2008, N72 G55 C76x 2009 Parks

Immigration in the visual art of Nicario Jiménez Quispe / Carol Damian, Michael J. LaRosa, and Steve Stein; foreword by Annette Fromm. 2019, NK918 >J56 D36 2019  Parks

Migrant's Time Rethinking Art  History and Diaspora / edited by Saloni Mathur. 2011, Online

Interpreting immigration  at museums and historic sites / edited by Dina A. Bailey 2018, AM7 I57 2018  Parks

Women and Migration: Responses in Art  and History . Willis, Deborah; Toscano, Ellyn; Brooks Nelson, Kalia 2019, Online Ofrenda: Liliana Wilson's art  of dissidence and dreams / Norma E. Cantú, editor; foreword by Ricardo Romo. 2015  ND237 W737 O39 2015 Parks (online)

Superflex: we are all in the same boat / editors: Jacob Fabricius and Superflex. 2019,  N7923 .S83 A4 2019x Parks

Essays in migratory aesthetics: cultural practices between migration and art -making / editors, Sam Durrant, Catherine M. Lord. 2007, BH301 C92 E87x 2007 Parks and online

Luis Jimenez: Working-Class Heroes: Images from the Popular Culture , Michael Brenson. 1995

Jiménez Articles

Anaya, R. (1994). Luis Jiménez: view from La Frontera [Excerpt from Book]. Man on fire: Albuquerque Museum of Art; catalog excerpt, 23, 86-92. 

Cemblast, Robin. (1992). Public Sculpture: Race, Sex, and Politics. [Article] Art News (March): 30–32. N1 Ar775 Parks

Eklund, L., & Medrano, J. (2000). Community and contemporary Chicano art: four El Paso artists [Article]. Art Education, 53(4), 25-32.  

Grigsby, E., Jr., Colchado, J., & De Novais, C. (1991). Unfolding a hidden rainbow of cultures [Article]. Arts & Activities, 109, 26-41. N81 Ar79 Parks

Manthorne, K. (2006). Luis Jimenez's “Vaquero” and the Trojan Horse [Article]. American Art, 20(2), 28-31.

Mitchell, C. D. (1999). A baroque populism [Article]. Working class heroes, images from popular culture at the Blaffer Gallery, Houston, 87(3), 100-105. Ar76 Parks

Ramos, E. C. (2012). The Latino Presence in American Art [Article]. American Art, 26(2), 7-13.

Schilz, C. (2006). Mustangs, Wigwams, and Odes to Chiefs: Artists Share Their Worlds [Article]. Art Education, 59(1), 25-32.

Whitney, K. (1997). Man on fire [Article]. sculpture of Luis Jimenez, 16, 20-25. NB1 S3811 Parks 

 

 

 

 

Border Crossing (Cruzando el Rio Bravo) by Luis Jiménez provides a rich array of possibilities for interpretation and analysis. A new acquisition to the Art on Campus collection, the print offers an excellent example of lithography, a poignant portrait of immigration, a connection to the Iowa State campus, a glimpse into the artist’s family, and much more.

Jeff Alger

Subject Specialties:

Art & Design Studies, Music & Theatre Subject, Animal Science, Veterinary Medicine