Research Catalog

Title

Baby-boom daydreams : the art of Douglas Bourgeois / essays by Dan Cameron, Estill Curtis Pennington, David S. Rubin ; foreword by Jay Weigel.

Author

Bourgeois, Douglas, 1951-

Publication

New York : Hudson Hills Press in association with Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, c2003.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Cameron, Dan
• Pennington, Estill Curtis
• Rubin, David S.
• Rubin, David S., 1949-
• Contemporary Arts Center (New Orleans, La.)

Description

ix, 110 p. : ill. (chiefly col.); 26 cm.

Summary

Work of a figurative artist whose meticulously detailed paintings and sculptural assemblages present icons of popular culture as well as everyday people from Louisiana's diverse populations. With ... realist imagery, his work combines religious figures, pop-culture artifacts, environmental concerns, social issues, and the iconic stars of Hollywood's golden age and contemporary rock 'n' roll ... color reproductions of key works dating from 1975 to 2001 ... 65 color plates, 21 black-and-white illustrations"--Dustjacket.

Alternative Title

Art of Douglas Bourgeois

Subject

• Bourgeois, Douglas, 1951- > Exhibitions
• Bourgeois, Douglas, 1951- > Criticism and interpretation

Genre/Form

• Criticism, interpretation, etc.
• Exhibition catalogs

Note

• Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, Jan. 11-March 23, 2003, and three other locations through Feb. 15, 2004.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Baby-Boom Daydreams: The Art of Douglas Bourgeois / David S. Rubin 1 -- The Earthly Delights of Bourgeois's America / Dan Cameron 39 -- A New Place to Dwell: Seeking Douglas Bourgeois's Magic Realism / Estill Curtis Pennington 75.

ISBN

1555952216 (hardcover)

LCCN

^^2002014716

OCLC

• 50670689
• SCSB-10033702

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library