{"product_id":"edgar-miller-anti-modern-1917-1967-9781737760924","title":"Edgar Miller: Anti-Modern, 1917-1967","description":"\u003cb\u003eA survey of the work of one of Chicago's most prolific artists.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Edgar Miller (1899-1993) arrived in Chicago in 1917 and, over the next fifty years, established a successful career as a multi-hyphenate creative practitioner. He worked as an architect, artist, craftsperson, curator, designer, and illustrator during a particularly rich period that saw the ascendancy of modernism across the visual culture of the city. Though aware of contemporary developments and debates, Miller's tremendous body of work, which spanned multiple media, materials, and disciplines, speaks to an individual unconcerned with trends, labels, or what became the established tenets of modern art. While developing a signature style, he never embraced the aesthetics of geometric abstraction, \"art for art's sake,\" subjective expressionism, or the machine age. He instead remained committed to figurative storytelling and representing the natural world, creating work that was intended to be experienced across the built environment. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Published in conjunction with DePaul Art Museum's 2024 retrospective of Miller's work, \u003ci\u003eEdgar Miller: Anti-Modern, 1917-1967\u003c\/i\u003e features new research by scholars Marin R. Sullivan, Craig Lee, and Jenn Marshall that serves to highlight one of Chicago's most prolific and under-appreciated artists. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarin R. Sullivan\u003c\/b\u003e is a Chicago-based art historian, curator, consultant, educator, and writer. Sullivan is the author of \u003ci\u003eAlloys: American Sculpture and Architecture at Midcentury \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSculptural Materiality in the Age of Conceptualism\u003c\/i\u003e. She is also director of the Harry Bertoia Catalogue Raisonn? and lecturer and guest curator at DePaul University.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dapaul Art Museum","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50869560181010,"sku":"9781737760924","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d09996f0-d34f-45d1-b909-3d5312a0f56e.jpg?v=1737761730","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/edgar-miller-anti-modern-1917-1967-9781737760924","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}