Reviews for Exhibiting Contradiction: Essays on the Art Museum in the United States

The average rating for Exhibiting Contradiction: Essays on the Art Museum in the United States based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-12-01 00:00:00 Jezebel M. Brillant essays. A great collection. The sequence of this edition is great and the concluding essay wraps up a lot of underlining ideas. Wallach touches on a lot- revisionism, exhibition thesis, patronage, et al. All in all I think he sought to answer the question of: What is American Art? and does a great job at postulating an answer. Well cited and far from verbose for such a scale of ideas. Between the essays there is some repetition but rather than detract it brings things into focus and sets the ideas into a solidified mass within the arguments and questioning.

Review # 2 was written on 2017-04-27 00:00:00 luis rodriguez As a student of Latin American History currently living in Peru, this book formed the cornerstone of what I find so fascinating, attractive, and bewildering about this country. While the bulk of the book is a great study of women´s involvement in guerrilla movements in general, and in Peru´s shining path specifically, I found myself drawn to the little moments where Kirk describes her own experiences in Lima and its outskirts: her small fights with the landlady, her adventures in the close communities of Piura and brazen trips to Ayacucho during violence. I spent much of college trying to be Kirk and this book will give you a reason why. Kirk is a great historian and writes in a way that is easy to understand and enjoy due to her journalistic background. Great read!