100 Artists of the Southwest

by Bullis, Douglas

• ISBN13: 9780764324147
• ISBN10: 0764324144
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-02-01
• Publisher: Schiffer Pub Ltd

Summary

This book features the works of 100 important artists living and working in New Mexico and Arizona today. These artists are being passionately collected by individuals, purchased for museum collections, and found in the news pages of the art world. There are famous artists, to be sure, along with discoveries that you will be delighted to meet.Over 400 full color photographs feature the broad spectrum of leading artists including the startlingly beautiful contemporary work of Native American artists, whose ancestry is as evident as a vision for their future, as well as Hispanic artists who have updated religious icons found in every devout Southwestern home and chapel. There are painters, sculptors, photographers, potters, weavers, and jewelers. Their stories and artworks will amaze as well as illuminate. All in all, you will come away with the most vibrant picture of contemporary Southwestern art that you can find anywhere.

Author Biography

Douglas Bullis has published over twenty books and hundreds of articles about art, fashion design, business, cookery, and culture. He has lived in Europe and Asia, and presently divides his time between Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Sri Lanka. He is the author of 100 Artists of the West Coast.