John B. Flannagan

John B. FlannaganThe first book on American artist John B. Flannagan, a pioneering sculptor during the 1920s and 1930s who found the meaning of life in stone. Although seen as a progenitor of modern American sculpture, John B. Flannagan (18951942) has never been the subject of a book. Flannagan was arguably the most important of the early twentieth century direct carvers: artists who cut into wood or stone without preliminary models or technical assistants. Uniquely,

focusing on an understudied aspect of his practice: the material worlds of manufacture

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discusses the relevant theoretical concepts

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The book argues eloquently for the importance of hope and relies extensively for its theoretical underpinnings on the influential writings of Cornel West and Paulo Freire

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