This article examines the Religious Art of Today exhibition, originally held in 1944 at Boston's Institute of Modern Art and then reformulated for the Dayton Art Institute in Ohio. The exhibition was eclectic in that it included a wide range of artists and a diversity of faiths, and engaged the debate held among museum professionals about the relationship between religion and modern art. The article focuses closely on Catholic, Jewish, and Navajo art included in the exhibition. The IMA's commitment to the figurative tradition afforded artists the opportunity to explore their identities-as Jews, as Catholics, as Navajos-using recognizable religious subjects. That the works in the exhibition were selected as representative of modern art resulted in a convergence of discourses related to modern art with those of religious/cultural identity. This article examines the Religious Art of Today exhibition, originally held in 1944 at Boston's Institute of Modern Art and then reformulated for the Dayton Art Institute in Ohio. The exhibition was eclectic in that it included a wide range of artists and a diversity of faiths, and engaged the debate held among museum professionals about the relationship between religion and modern art. The article focuses closely on Catholic, Jewish, and Navajo art included in the exhibition. The IMA's commitment to the figurative tradition afforded artists the opportunity to explore their identities-as Jews, as Catholics, as Navajos-using recognizable religious subjects. That the works in the exhibition were selected as representative of modern art resulted in a convergence of discourses related to modern art with those of religious/cultural identity.
مجموعه
تاريخ نشر
2015
توصيف ظاهري
488-530
عنوان
Religion and the Arts
شماره جلد
19/5
شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها
1568-5292
اصطلاحهای موضوعی کنترل نشده
اصطلاح موضوعی
Boston-based artists
اصطلاح موضوعی
Catholic art
اصطلاح موضوعی
expressionism
اصطلاح موضوعی
figuration
اصطلاح موضوعی
German expressionism
اصطلاح موضوعی
Institute of Contemporary Art
اصطلاح موضوعی
Institute of Modern Art
اصطلاح موضوعی
Jewish art
اصطلاح موضوعی
modern art
اصطلاح موضوعی
Navajo art
اصطلاح موضوعی
religious art
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