In informative illustrated essays this text traces the great variety of media and forms California artists have engaged as they have moved the still life not just off the table, but off the wall and into three dimensions during the 20th century.

Table of Contents

Director's Foreword Daniel T. Keegan Introduction Susan Landauer Making Arrangements: California Still-life Painting at the Time of the Impressionists William H. Gerdts Before the World Moved In: Early Modernist Still Life in California, 1920-1950 Patricia Trenton The Not-So-Still Life: A Survey of the Genre in California, 1950-2000 Susan Landauer Artists' Biographies Ann M. Wolfe Notes Bibliography Index

Reviews

"With impressive scope and rigorous scholarship, The Not-So-Still Life demonstrates that what was once the most conservative of genres has been transformed into one of the more radical contemporary forms of expression. The authors bring coherence to an incredible array of artistic outpourings--from Pop Art to Earthworks, Surrealist painting to electronic art--that illuminate the distinctive form still life has taken in California."