Seeing Differently: The Phillips Collects for a New Century

Seeing Differently: The Phillips Collects for a New CenturyAn expansive collection catalogue that offers a multiplicity of fresh perspectives on recent modern and contemporary art acquisitions in The Phillips Collection. Planned to coincide with The Phillips Collection's centennial and exhibition, this ground breaking volume offers an unprecedented breadth of insights and inclusive narratives on the Phillips's growing art collection from a range of voices, including artists, critics, and scholars. Seeing

An expansive collection catalogue that offers a multiplicity of fresh perspectives on recent modern and contemporary art acquisitions in The Phillips Collection. Planned to coincide with The Phillips Collection's centennial and exhibition, this ground-breaking volume offers an unprecedented breadth of insights and inclusive narratives on the Phillips's growing art collection from a range of voices, including artists, critics, and scholars. Seeing Differently features works across wide-ranging media by renowned artists from the 19th to the 21st centuries, including Benny Andrews, Alexander Calder, Edgar Degas, Simone Leigh, and Renee Stout. An opening essay by Dorothy Kosinski, artist conversations, thematic essays, and 150 plates with 50 object responses by notable contributors, ensure that this will be a lasting art historical resource. AUTHORS: David C. Driskell is an artist, scholar, and professor emeritus at the University of Maryland. Mary Jane Jacob is professor and executive director of exhibitions at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Dorothy Kosinski is Vradenburg Director & CEO of The Phillips Collection. Elsa Smithgall is senior curator at The Phillips Collection. 278 colour illustrations