Dialogues in Diversity: Art from Marginal to Mainstream

by John K. Grande

Dialogues in Diversity comprises a series of dialogues with some of the world's leading artists. They include Christo Jeanne-Claude, Antony Gormley, Yolands Guttierez, Brandon Ballengee, Roy Staab, Cai Gui-Qiang, Ed Burtynsky, and Francisco Gazitua. John K. Grande believes that art is the result of interactions from different cultural contexts  - some are mainstream, others marginal. The two feed each other. The artists presented have many ways of seeing the world... and the exchanges ultimately may help us to see the planet in intercultural terms. Many of these artists are indigenous or come from marginalized cultures and Grande argues that the traditional centers of the art world are now feeding on the unique perspectives provided by cultures that are so-called marginal...

175 pages, Paperback

First published October 25, 2007