Book Description
Collects 20 years of New Orleans Art Review essays concerning art from "beyond New Orleans." Topics include Balthus, Beuys, Calder, Colescott, Cornell, Dubuffet, Haake, Manet, Mapplethorpe, Ringgold, Rothko, Ronald Reagan and Norman Rockwell.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Beyond NOLA collects various articles written for the New Orleans Art Review which pertain to art and artists "beyond New Orleans." Written over a span of 20 years, these essays cover a broad array of topics, ranging from the painting of Balthus, Manet and Rothko; the photography of Adams, Eggleston and Mapplethorpe; the sculpture of Calder, Cornell, and Judd; the performance arts of Hans Haake and Ronald Reagan; the writings of Beuys, Dubuffet, and Motherwell; traditional painters like Norman Rockwell and Andrew Wyeth; contemporary talents like Appelt, Colescott, Humphries and Ringgold; to art movements including Cubism, Energism and Pop. And more.

ACCREDITATION

Terrington Calas (B.A., M.A., M.F.A., Ph.D.) is the chief critic with the New Orleans Art Review. He has taught art history, philosophy, and painting at several institutions, including Louisiana State University, Loyola University, and University of New Orleans. He was chief art critic with the New Orleans Times-Picayune and has contributed essays to several journals and exhibition catalogues.