The Romantic Vision of Michael Brophy - Softcover

Hushka, Rock

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0295985283 ISBN 13: 9780295985282

Publisher: Tacoma Art Museum, 2005

Synopsis

In his extraordinary work the Oregon painter Michael Brophy explores the intersections of history, forest ecology, and the rich tradition of landscape painting. Through images that depict the brutal and savage beauty of the altered landscapes of the Northwest's rivers, forests, and mountains, he engages the social and political forces reshaping national dialogues that define environmental preservation and sustainablity. Brophy's art reassesses the historical events and decisions that shaped the West. Focusing on the impact of the past on the present, Brophy sees this historic legacy as crucial to understanding the contemporary world and as a guide to shaping the future.

Brophy's paintings are not simple, moral lessons. Rather, this art offers a lens to rethink easily held assumptions about the environment and the history of the American West. Brophy's scenes of deforestation and economic progress serve to illuminate the complexities, contradictions, and irony of long-standing environmental policies and the American relationship with the Western landscape.

About this title

About the Author:

Rock Hushka is a curator at the Tacoma Art Museum. He is the author of Lewis and Clark Territory: Contemporary Artists Revisit Place, Race, and Memory among other books.

About this edition

• Publisher: Tacoma Art Museum
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0295985283
• ISBN 13: 9780295985282
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 79