Labyrinths: Robert Morris, Minimalism, and the 1960s

By Berger Maurice, Maurice Berger

How Art Becomes History

By Berger Maurice, Maurice Berger

"These essays on American art and culture explore overlapping social, political, cultural and aesthetic issues of post-New Deal America. The book discusses some of the pioneering developments in ar...

For All the World to See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights

By Berger Maurice

In 1955, shortly after Emmett Till was murdered by white supremacists in Mississippi, his grieving mother distributed to the press a gruesome photograph of his mutilated corpse. Asked why she would...

Revolution of the Eye: Modern Art and the Birth of American Television

By Berger Maurice

"The aesthetics and concepts of modern art have influenced American television ever since its inception in the 1930s. In return, early television introduced the public to the latest trends in art a...

White Lies: Race and the Myths of Whiteness

By Berger Maurice, Maurice Berger

Berger juxtaposes a series of brilliant short takes about the politics of race with personal and often disturbing vignettes about his own racial coming-of-age. These, in turn, are amplified by othe...

White

By Barbara Kruger, David Roediger, Nayland Blake, Gary Simmons, William Kentridge, Berger Maurice, Mark Alice Durant, Wendy Ewald, Maurice Berger, Nancy Burson, Mike Kelley, Patricia Williams

Andrea Robbins and Max Becher

By Berger Maurice

River crossings

By Ken Burns, Berger Maurice, Jason Rosenfeld, Stephen Hannock, Marvin Heiferman