Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - (Page 53) poignantly captures the effects of the harsh life of two dejected workers, who appear depleted from working the land as they sit in the shadow of a plantation house. Like George A. Coulon’s 1888 publication, Harnett Kane’s 1943 book reflects his travels through the marshes and the lives of the bayou people he encountered at a time when they were under-appreciated. Several late 20th-century artists present individual interpretations of trees within the landscape. Simon Gunning’s 1990 sentinel Cypress is reminiscent of Meeker’s work in the manner in which it underscores the more sinister and treacherous life of the bayou. Northshore artists Gail Hood and Roy Pfister present bucolic views along the Tchefuncte River. Hood focuses on the textural trunks of a grove of pine trees, while Pfister presents a more minimalist view of the distant shore. Jacques Knizdovsky’s 1974 woodblock and woodcut of Suicide Oak, with its inherently somber connotations of death, also reminds viewers of the calamitous recent events of floodwaters surrounding City Park’s trees and the catastrophic consequences for the park and the region. Kane’s words echo here, that the line of demarcation between land and water is vague and changing. LCV Judith Bonner is Senior Curator at The Historic New Orleans Collection. This article is reprinted, with permission, from Arts Quarterly, a publication of the New Orleans Museum of Art. For more information on the exhibit, log on to NOMA’s website: www.noma.org, or The Historic New Orleans Collection: www.hnoc.org Winter 2007-08/LOUISIANA ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES 53 http://www.noma.org http://www.hnoc.org
Table of Contents Feed for the Digital Edition of Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 Contents Friends Editor’s Column Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities Katrina: Days of Terror, Months of Anguish Paintings by Rolland Golden The Historic New Orleans Collection The Great Ouachita River Flood of 1932 Jazz Notes Louisiana Architecture Louisiana: Where Land Meets Water Louisiana State Museum Through A Lens Sharply: An Interview with Michael Lewis MR-GO: A “miracle” mired in controversy Louisiana Foodways Louisiana Association of Museums New Orleans: An Autopsy Bookstand Sound Advice Forum Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 (Page Cover1) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 (Page Cover2) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - Contents (Page 1) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - Friends (Page 2) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - 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Winter 2007 - Katrina: Days of Terror, Months of Anguish Paintings by Rolland Golden (Page 13) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - Katrina: Days of Terror, Months of Anguish Paintings by Rolland Golden (Page 14) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - Katrina: Days of Terror, Months of Anguish Paintings by Rolland Golden (Page 15) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - Katrina: Days of Terror, Months of Anguish Paintings by Rolland Golden (Page 16) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - Katrina: Days of Terror, Months of Anguish Paintings by Rolland Golden (Page 17) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - Katrina: Days of Terror, Months of Anguish Paintings by Rolland Golden (Page 18) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - Katrina: Days of Terror, Months of Anguish Paintings by Rolland Golden (Page 19) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - The Historic New Orleans Collection (Page 20) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - The Historic New Orleans Collection (Page 21) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - The Historic New Orleans Collection (Page 22) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - The Historic New Orleans Collection (Page 23) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - The Great Ouachita River Flood of 1932 (Page 24) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - The Great Ouachita River Flood of 1932 (Page 25) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - The Great Ouachita River Flood of 1932 (Page 26) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - The Great Ouachita River Flood of 1932 (Page 27) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - The Great Ouachita River Flood of 1932 (Page 28) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - The Great Ouachita River Flood of 1932 (Page 29) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - The Great Ouachita River Flood of 1932 (Page 30) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - The Great Ouachita River Flood of 1932 (Page 31) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - The Great Ouachita River Flood of 1932 (Page 32) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - The Great Ouachita River Flood of 1932 (Page 33) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - The Great Ouachita River Flood of 1932 (Page 34) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - The Great Ouachita River Flood of 1932 (Page 35) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - Jazz Notes (Page 36) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - Jazz Notes (Page 37) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - Louisiana Architecture (Page 38) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - Louisiana Architecture (Page 39) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - Louisiana: Where Land Meets Water (Page 40) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - Louisiana: Where Land Meets Water (Page 41) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - Louisiana: Where Land Meets Water (Page 42) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - Louisiana: Where Land Meets Water (Page 43) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - Louisiana: Where Land Meets Water (Page 44) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - Louisiana: Where Land Meets Water (Page 45) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - Louisiana: Where Land Meets Water (Page 46) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - Louisiana: Where Land Meets Water (Page 47) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - Louisiana: Where Land Meets Water (Page 48) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - Louisiana: Where Land Meets Water (Page 49) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - Louisiana: Where Land Meets Water (Page 50) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - Louisiana: Where Land Meets Water (Page 51) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - Louisiana: Where Land Meets Water (Page 52) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - Louisiana: Where Land Meets Water (Page 53) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - Louisiana State Museum (Page 54) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - Louisiana State Museum (Page 55) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - Louisiana State Museum (Page 56) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - Louisiana State Museum (Page 57) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - Through A Lens Sharply: An Interview with Michael Lewis (Page 58) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - Through A Lens Sharply: An Interview with Michael Lewis (Page 59) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - Through A Lens Sharply: An Interview with Michael Lewis (Page 60) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - Through A Lens Sharply: An Interview with Michael Lewis (Page 61) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - Through A Lens Sharply: An Interview with Michael Lewis (Page 62) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - Through A Lens Sharply: An Interview with Michael Lewis (Page 63) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - Through A Lens Sharply: An Interview with Michael Lewis (Page 64) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - Through A Lens Sharply: An Interview with Michael Lewis (Page 65) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - Through A Lens Sharply: An Interview with Michael Lewis (Page 66) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - Through A Lens Sharply: An Interview with Michael Lewis (Page 67) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - Through A Lens Sharply: An Interview with Michael Lewis (Page 68) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - Through A Lens Sharply: An Interview with Michael Lewis (Page 69) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - MR-GO: A “miracle” mired in controversy (Page 70) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - MR-GO: A “miracle” mired in controversy (Page 71) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - MR-GO: A “miracle” mired in controversy (Page 72) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - MR-GO: A “miracle” mired in controversy (Page 73) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - MR-GO: A “miracle” mired in controversy (Page 74) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - MR-GO: A “miracle” mired in controversy (Page 75) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - MR-GO: A “miracle” mired in controversy (Page 76) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - MR-GO: A “miracle” mired in controversy (Page 77) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Winter 2007 - Louisiana Foodways (Page 78) Louisiana Cultural Vistas - 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