Exhibiting the Negro: Art and Anthropology in the National Museum, 1929–33

IF 0.3 2区艺术学 0 ART

American Art Pub Date : 2019-06-01 DOI:10.1086/705622

M. Moresi

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Abstract

This article considers a specific context in which the 1933 Exhibition of Works by Negro Artists operated. The Smithsonian National Gallery of Art was located in the National Museum’s new building of Natural History, featuring its science collections of anthropology and animal specimens. Both its science and art exhibitions presented museum visitors with a narrative that contrasted “superior” white Western civilization to “primitive” peoples of color. By examining two earlier temporary art shows in 1929 and 1930, along with the concurrent display of the Herbert Ward Collection in the museum’s Africa Hall, we can see how competing ideas about race, culture, and national identity played out.

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黑人展览:国家博物馆的艺术与人类学，1929 - 1933

本文考虑了1933年黑人艺术家作品展的具体背景。史密森尼国家美术馆位于国家博物馆的自然史新馆，以人类学和动物标本的科学收藏为特色。它的科学和艺术展览都向参观者展示了一种叙事，将“优越的”西方白人文明与“原始的”有色人种进行了对比。通过考察1929年和1930年的两次临时艺术展，以及同时在博物馆非洲馆展出的赫伯特·沃德藏品，我们可以看到关于种族、文化和国家身份的相互竞争的观点是如何发挥作用的。

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American Art ART-

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0.20

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期刊介绍： American Art is a peer-reviewed journal dedicated to exploring all aspects of the nation"s visual heritage from colonial to contemporary times. Through a broad interdisciplinary approach, American Art provides an understanding not only of specific artists and art objects, but also of the cultural factors that have shaped American art over three centuries of national experience. The fine arts are the journal"s primary focus, but its scope encompasses all aspects of the nation"s visual culture, including popular culture, public art, film, electronic multimedia, and decorative arts and crafts. American Art embraces all methods of investigation to explore America·s rich and diverse artistic legacy, from traditional formalism to analyses of social context.