Finding Balance: Reconciling the Masculine/Feminine in Contemporary Art and Culture

by James Surls and Leonard Shlain

Book Overview

This provocative book, which accompanies an exhibition of the same name, explores the forces that bifurcate our society along gender lines. In its quest for balance--or, at minimum, an understanding of where cultural imbalances exist--Finding Balance draws upon literary discourse and the works of eleven internationally acclaimed artists: Jim Baker, Robert Brinker, Monica Chau, Linda Girvin, Jody Guralnick, Pamela Joseph, Charmaine Locke, Brad Miller,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 097874070X
• ISBN13: 9780978740702
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Houston Center for Contemporary Craft
• Length: 102 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 9.6" x 11.5"

Customer Reviews

finding balance

a great book for fans of the author Leonard Shlain and those interested in women's studies and anthropology.