Supernatural America

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ISBN: 9780226786827

The Paranormal in American Art

Robert Cozzolino

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University of Chicago Press
03 August 2021

Art & Architecture; History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -

America is haunted. Ghosts from its violent history—the genocide of Indigenous peoples, slavery, the threat of nuclear annihilation, and traumatic wars—are an inescapable and unsettled part of the nation’s heritage. Not merely in the realm of metaphor but present and tangible, urgently calling for contact, these otherworldly visitors have been central to our national identity. Through times of mourning and trauma, artists have been integral to visualizing ghosts, whether national or personal, and in doing so have embraced the uncanny and the inexplicable. This stunning catalog, accompanying the first major exhibition to assess the spectral in American art, explores the numerous ways American artists have made sense of their own experiences of the paranormal and the supernatural, developing a rich visual culture of the intangible.

Featuring artists from James McNeill Whistler and Kerry James Marshall to artist/mediums who made images with spirits during séances, this catalog covers more than two hundred years of the supernatural in American art. Here we find works that explore haunting, UFO sightings, and a broad range of experiential responses to other worldly contact.

Edited by: Robert Cozzolino
Imprint: University of Chicago Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 279mm, Width: 235mm,
ISBN: 9780226786827
ISBN 10: 022678682X
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 03 August 2021
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Robert Cozzolino is the Patrick and Aimee Butler Curator of Paintings at the Minneapolis Institute of Art.

Reviews for Supernatural America: The Paranormal in American Art

"""This exhibition catalogue covers more than 200 years of visualisations of paranormal phenomena and otherworldly contact, demonstrating a search for healing from the country's violent past by embracing the uncanny.""-- ""The Bookseller"""