American Expressionism: Columbus Museum of Art. (Columbus, Ohio).Will the ever-turning wheels of revisionism re·vi·sion·ism n. 1. Advocacy of the revision of an accepted, usually long-standing view, theory, or doctrine, especially a revision of historical events and movements. 2. soon replace AbEx with AmEx? If cultural historian Brain Dijkstra has his way, the answer may be yes. Dijkstra has come up with something called American Expressionism, a mood of anxiety and despair that agitated ag·i·tate v. ag·i·tat·ed, ag·i·tat·ing, ag·i·tates v.tr. 1. To cause to move with violence or sudden force. 2. the works of countless artists from the '20s through the '50s. Complementing the usual historical accounts (the ascendancy of abstract art, the collective faith in social and technological progress, the flight into regionalism re·gion·al·ism n. 1. a. Political division of an area into partially autonomous regions. b. Advocacy of such a political system. 2. Loyalty to the interests of a particular region. 3. ), this new version would offer a grim panorama of America's underbelly. Some names are familiar, but dozens of others will have even specialists reaching for their reference books. May 23-Aug. 31; Portland Art Museum The Portland Art Museum (PAM) in Portland, Oregon, United States, was founded in the last days of 1892, making it the oldest art museum in the Pacific Northwest. Upon completion of the most recent renovations, Portland Art Museum became one of the twenty-five largest art museums in , OR, Sept. 26-Jan. 4, 2004; Block Museum of Art at Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, Jan. 30, 2004-May 9, 2004. |
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