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Should Christians even bother with the modern wing at the art museum? After all, modern art and artists are often caricatured as rabidly opposed to God, the church--indeed, to faith of any kind. But is that all there is to the story? In this Studies in Theology and the Arts volume, coeditors Cameron J. Anderson and G. Walter Hansen gather the reflections of artists, art historians, and theologians who collectively offer a more complicated narrative of the history of modern art and its place in the Christian life. Here, readers will find insights on the work and faith of artists including Marc Chagall, Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Andy Warhol, and more. For those willing to look with eyes of faith, they may just find that God is present in the modern wing too.
About the author
G. Walter Hansen (ThD, University of Toronto) is professor emeritus at Fuller Theological Seminary. He previously served as a lecturer at Trinity Theological College in Singapore. He is the coauthor of
Through Your Eyes: Dialogues on the Paintings of Bruce Herman as well as the author of the IVP New Testament Commentary on Galatians and
The Letter to the Philippians.Cameron J. Anderson (MFA, Cranbrook Academy of Art) is an artist, associate director of Upper House, and former executive director of Christians in the Visual Arts (CIVA). Prior to joining CIVA, he served on the staff of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship for thirty years, most recently as the national director of Graduate and Faculty Ministries. He is the author of
The Faithful Artist: A Vision for Evangelicalism and the Arts and the coeditor of
Faith and Vision: Twenty-Five Years of Christians in the Visual Arts.
Summary
Should Christians even bother with modern art? This STA volume gathers the reflections of artists, art historians, and theologians who collectively offer a more complicated narrative of the history of modern art and its place in the Christian life. Readers will find insights on the work and faith of artists like Marc Chagall, Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Andy Warhol, and more.
