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OUT OF STOCK 1997: Mississippi Invitational In 1997, the Mississippi Museum of Art held its first invitational to exhibit the work of artists from Mississippi and the South. Curator Nina Felshin was brought in as an "objective outsider," choosing 17 Mississippi artists solely on the basis of the quality of their work: painting, sculpture, printmaking, ceramics, photography, collage, artists' books, drawing, and installation. CONTEMPORARY ART PB, 48 pp., b&w illus. 1997, ISBN 1-887422-01-3 code: miss 1997 E-7

OUT OF STOCK 1999: Mississippi Invitational The Mississippi Museum of Art's second invitational was curated by Chicago-based critic and teacher James Yood, who including work by 19 artists living and working around the state. Mississippi has an indigenous identity, Yood discovered, whose ""tales are best and richest when told on the spot."" CONTEMPORARY ART 1999, PB, 48 pgs., b&w illus., ISBN 1-88742-02-1 code: miss 1999 E-7

OUT OF STOCK 2001: Mississippi Invitational Curated by Louis Grachos, the 2001 Mississippi Invitational included only 8 artists working across the state, allowing each artist to be represented by a larger number of works and thereby offering the viewer a keener perspective of each. The work varies widely in the concepts explored, subjects depicted and materials used, reflecting the diversity found in the visual arts today. CONTEMPORARY ART PB, 48 pp., b&w illus. 2001 code: miss 2001 E-7

OUT OF STOCK Abstraction At Work: Drawings by Valerie Jaudon, 1973-1999 Presented here are the underpinnings of Valerie Jaudon's art: drawings, experiments and preliminary sketches from her private archives, never before exhibited. From these drawings spring her full, articulate paintings. An essay by Paul Mattick gives insight to the intimate journey of an artist. CONTEMPORARY ART PB, 40 pp., illus. 1999, ISBN 1-887422-03-x code: miss abst E-7

OUT OF STOCK G. Ruger Donoho: A Painter's Path Born in Mississippi in 1857, G. Ruger Donoho became one of America's foremost Impressionist painters. Largely overshadowed by more popular artists and nearly forgotten by art history, this exhibition traces Donoho's work from interpretations of rural France to impressions of the American East Coast landscape. PAINTING HC, 80 pp., illus. 1995, ISBN 0-87802-798-6 code: miss dono E-7

OUT OF STOCK Of Home and Family: Art in Nineteenth Century Mississippi Mississippi during the 19th Century was a place of contrasts, contradictions and incredible creativity. Those 100 years saw the arrival of the first steamboats, the rise and decline of antebellum prosperity, the anguish of the Civil War and the dawn of the modern world. Of Home and Family presents a cross-section of the artistic traditions of the era and attitudes toward aesthetic that tie the past to its future. CONTEMPORARY ART PB, 43 pp., illus. 1999, ISBN 1-887422-04-8 code: miss home

OUT OF STOCK Valerie Jaudon Originally associated with the Pattern and Decoration movement of the 1970s, Valerie Jaudon's work evolved from its initial preoccupation with highly structured, repetitive abstractions into the lush, exotic, lyrical compositions of the recent past. This exhibition catalogue is the first to explore her transformation into one of today's most important abstract painters CONTEMPORARY ART PB, 96 pp., illus. 1996, ISBN 1-887422-00-5 code: miss jau E-7

 

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