Dr. Gerald Silk, Professor and Chair of Art History at Tyler School of Art, Temple University in Philadelphia, PA, USA, publishes and lectures widely on Modern and Contemporary Art, with interests in Italian modernism, technological iconography, and
...MoreDr. Gerald Silk, Professor and Chair of Art History at Tyler School of Art, Temple University in Philadelphia, PA, USA, publishes and lectures widely on Modern and Contemporary Art, with interests in Italian modernism, technological iconography, and art and controversy. He is the author of books, catalogues, book chapters, articles, and reviews, including the periodicals, 'Art Journal', 'Arts', 'Art Criticism', and 'Women’s Art Journal', and selected anthologies, 'True Relations: Essays on Autobiography and the Postmodern'; 'Donatello Among the Blackshirts: History and Modernity in the Visual Culture of Fascist Italy'; 'Suspended License: Censorship and the Visual Arts'; 'Cultural and Artistic Upheavals in Modern Europe, 1848-1945'; and 'Twentieth Century Art Theory: Urbanism, Politics, and Mass Culture'. He is the author of 'Automobile and Culture' and 'Museums Discovered: The Wadsworth Atheneum'. He has worked with museums and galleries internationally, including the Hara Museum of Art, Tokyo; Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC; and Palazzo Grassi, Venice; to mention several. Selected awards include: American Academy in Rome Prize; Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts; National Endowment for the Humanities; Smithsonian; Mellon; and Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching.
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The Arts in Society
Barbara Zabel
