Research Catalog

Title

The double : identity and difference in art since 1900 / James Meyer ; with W.J.T. Mitchell, Andrew Solomon, Julia Bryan-Wilson, Shawn Michelle Smith, Tom Gunning, Hillel Schwartz.

Author

Meyer, James Sampson, 1962-

Publication

• Washington, District of Columbia : National Gallery of Art ; Princeton, New Jersey ; Oxford, England : in association with Princeton University Press, [2022]
• Italy : Verona Libri
• ©2022

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Details

Additional Authors

• Mitchell, W. J. T. (William John Thomas), 1942-
• Solomon, Andrew, 1963-
• Bryan-Wilson, Julia
• Smith, Shawn Michelle, 1965-
• Gunning, Tom, 1949-
• Schwartz, Hillel, 1948-
• National Gallery of Art (U.S.), issuing body, publisher, organizer, host institution.
• Princeton University Press, publisher.

Description

287 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), portraits, photographs; 28 cm

Summary

• "The Double: Identity and Difference in Art Since 1900 is the first major exhibition to consider how and why artists have employed doubled formats to explore perceptual, conceptual, and psychological themes. Presenting more than 120 works made between the beginning of the 20th century and today, this expansive show is organized in four parts: seeing double; reversal; dilemma structures; and the doubled and divided self. Among major themes, artists in the exhibition explore questions of identity and difference--the difference between the original work and a copy, the identity of the art with the artist, and especially self-identity as defined by our own unconscious, by society, as well as by race, gender, sexuality, and other forms of differentiation. Spanning the East Building's Atrium and Concourse galleries, the exhibition assembles a range of remarkable sculptures, paintings, videos, photographs, and works on paper by some 90 artists, including Janine Antoni, Diane Arbus, Alighiero Boetti, Mel Bochner, Marcel Duchamp, Gilbert and George, Félix González-Torres, Arshile Gorky, Renée Green, Eva Hesse, Roni Horn, Graciela Iturbide, Joan Jonas, Kerry James Marshall, Jasper Johns, Rashid Johnson, Seydou Keïta, Sherrie Levine, Glenn Ligon, Henri Matisse, Josiah McElheny, Nam June Paik, Howardena Pindell, Adrian Piper, Robert Rauschenberg, Frank Stella, and Andy Warhol. Related programming, performances, and a fully illustrated companion book will expand upon the exhibition's themes. The publication is made possible by the generous support of the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation, Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, John F. Wieland, Jr., and anonymous donors."--
• "From ancient mythology to today's cinema, the motif of the double--which repeats, duplicates, mirrors, inverts, splits, and reenacts--has captured our imaginations. The Double examines this intriguing concept from four perspectives: Seeing Double, Reversal, Dilemma, and the Divided and Doubled Self. Authors James Meyer, Julia Bryan-Wilson, Tom Gunning, W.J.T. Mitchell, Hillel Schwartz, Shawn Michelle Smith, and Andrew Solomon consider the double in terms of ethics, psychoanalysis, double consciousness, the queer double, and the doppelgänger in silent cinema."--

Subject

• National Gallery of Art (U.S.) > Exhibitions > 21st century
• 1900-1999
• Doubles in art > Exhibitions
• Art, Modern > 20th century > Themes, motives > Exhibitions
• Art, Modern > 21st century > Themes, motives > Exhibitions
• Art, Modern
• Doubles in art

Genre/Form

• Exhibition catalogs.
• Essays.
• Illustrated works.

Note

• Catalog of an exhibition at National Gallery of Art, Washington, July 10-October 31, 2022.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language (note)

• Text in American English.

Exhibitions (note)

• "The Double: Identity and Difference in Art Since 1900" : July 10-October 31, 2022, National Gallery of Art, Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Contents

Director's Foreword -- The Double: Identity and Difference in Art since 1900 / James Meyer -- Plates -- On the Double / W.J.T. Mitchell -- All Art is Doubling: Psychoanalysis, Sexuality, and the Collapse of the Binary / Andrew Solomon -- No, We Are Not Sisters: Episodes of Nonidentical Queer Doubles / Julia Bryan-Wilson -- Twoness: Photography on the Color Line / Shawn Michell Smith -- Ghostly Ontologies: The Cinematic Double in Silent Film / Tom Gunning -- One More Than One / Hillel Schwartz -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.

Call Number

JQF 22-1732

ISBN

• 9780691236179
• 0691236178

LCCN

2022930618

OCLC

1277276107

Author

Meyer, James Sampson, 1962- author.

Title

The double : identity and difference in art since 1900 / James Meyer ; with W.J.T. Mitchell, Andrew Solomon, Julia Bryan-Wilson, Shawn Michelle Smith, Tom Gunning, Hillel Schwartz.

Publisher

Washington, District of Columbia : National Gallery of Art ; Princeton, New Jersey ; Oxford, England : in association with Princeton University Press, [2022]

Manufacturer

Italy : Verona Libri

Copyright Date

©2022

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language

Text in American English.

Exhibitions

"The Double: Identity and Difference in Art Since 1900" : July 10-October 31, 2022, National Gallery of Art, Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Chronological Term

1900-1999

Place of Publication

United States District of Columbia Washington.

United States New Jersey Princeton.

United Kingdom England Oxford.

Added Author

Mitchell, W. J. T. (William John Thomas), 1942- contributor.

Solomon, Andrew, 1963- contributor.

Bryan-Wilson, Julia, contributor.

Smith, Shawn Michelle, 1965- contributor.

Gunning, Tom, 1949- contributor.

Schwartz, Hillel, 1948- contributor.

National Gallery of Art (U.S.), issuing body, publisher, organizer, host institution.

Princeton University Press, publisher.

Research Call Number

JQF 22-1732