>I have recently taken the catalogue for, "The West as America"
>out of the library, but so far had only had a chance to
>flick through the images.
>
>To give me some context for when I actually get around to
>looking at it in more detail...
>
>Is this the exhibition that caused a minor brouhaha, or at
>least was regarded as controversial?  (Or am I on the wrong track?)
>
>If this is the contoversial show, would some kind North American
>be so good as to give me a quick synopsis of the controversial
>issues, reception etc?
>
>Rather than bother the entire list with this topic, which no doubt
>museum folk in the States have discussed in great detail,
>reply to me directly - [log in to unmask]
>
>(Oh and thanks for the new book notices Anita!)



>
>Many thanks,   regards,  Lucy
>
>Lucy Alcock
>Ministry of Cultural Affairs, Box 5364, Wellington, New Zealand
>
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Lucy,
Have just seen you note on museum L; Am sending you some more information on
The West as America including a clipping from The Guardian Weekly 30 January
1991 which I happen to have in my files.

Also you may want to chase article by Alan Wallach, "The Battle over The
West as America" in Marcia Pointon (ed) "Art Apart: Art Institutions and
Ideology Across America" , Manchester University Press, 1994, pp 89 - 101.

Look forward to meeting you at the on-campus seminar at Massey this weekend.

Regards,


Susan F. Abasa