This book chronicles a rare event. Sixty-three artists show up for a meet-and-greet; their names are unfamiliar, and they do not know one another. Each gets fifteen minutes to tell a life story and show their art. The conversation is heady and the company unforgettable. No one wants the party--nor the book--to end.--Wanda M. Corn, Robert and Ruth Halperin Professor Emerita in Art History, Stanford University A bold reimagining of what constitutes artistic genius in the history of American art. Artists whose practices and biographies were previously in the shadows are brilliantly spotlighted, one after another, in what emerges as an astonishingly vast and kaleidoscopic landscape. Mapping a radically new approach, this anthology challenges us all to search more diligently for other artists and histories hiding in plain sight.--Asma Naeem, Eddie C. and C. Sylvia Brown Chief Curator, Baltimore Museum of Art
