Shows of Force

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Summary

"This is a groundbreaking book for anyone interested in the cultural politics of contemporary art."--Suzi Gablik, author of "Has Modernism Failed?"

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Situating Art and Critical Discourse in Contemporary Political Contexts	p. 1
Envisioning a Past, Imagining the West
George Caleb Bingham: Contested Ground	p. 9
Frederic Remington: Riding into the Sunset	p. 27
Frederic Edwin Church: Earth First?	p. 40
The West Explored: How the West was Won, or Why Is the Winning Westernized?	p. 52
Georgia O'Keeffe: Ideology and Utopia in the American Southwest	p. 68
Frank Lloyd Wright: In the Realm of Ideas	p. 79
American Impressionism--California School: "California Dreamin'"?	p. 91
Developing the Present, Defining a World
Japan--The Shaping of Daimyo Culture, 1185-1868: The Ironies of Imperialism in the Empire of Signs	p. 107
Made in U.S.A.: "The Pride is Back"?	p. 119
Ilya Kabakov: Soviet Life	p. 137
Hans Haacke: Unfinished Business	p. 152
Sue Coe: Pure War in the Zero World	p. 169
Hispanic Art in the United States: "This Is Not a Barrio"	p. 178
Roger Brown: Tracing the Silhouettes from the Shadow of the Silent Majorities	p. 189
Robert Longo: The Ecstasy of Communication	p. 200
Culture and Commentary: Riding the Hoverculture	p. 213
The Politics of Images: Art Criticism as Cultural Criticism	p. 227
Notes	p. 235
Index	p. 247
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