Field language : the painting and poetry of Warren and Jane Rohrer /

"A collection of essays and images exploring the painting and poetry of artists Warren and Jane Rohrer of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Invites readers to consider relationships between global art movements and local visual cultures"--

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Kasdorf, Julia, 1962- (Editor), Reed, Christopher, 1961- (Editor), Robinson, Joyce Henri (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	University Park, Pennsylvania : Palmer Museum of Art, The Pennsylvania State University, [2020]
Subjects:	Rohrer, Warren > Exhibitions. Rohrer, Jane, > 1928- > Exhibitions. Rohrer, Warren. 1900-1999 Art and literature > Exhibitions. Painting, American > Pennsylvania > Lancaster County > 20th century > Exhibitions. Painting, Modern > 20th century > Exhibitions. Mennonite art > Pennsylvania > Lancaster County > 20th century > Exhibitions. American poetry > Pennsylvania > Lancaster County > 20th century > Exhibitions. American poetry > Mennonite authors > Exhibitions. American poetry. Art and literature. Mennonite art. Painting, American. Painting, Modern. Pennsylvania > Lancaster County. Exhibition catalogs.

Table of Contents:

'Something I've taken from my pocket : Warren Rohrer's art in context(s) / Christopher Reed
Truths of a woman's life and the education of poet Jane Rohrer / Julia Spicher Kasdorf
'Tracking the Amish quilt' : Warren and Jane Rohrer's search for a usable past / Janneken Smucker
Furrows and fields : Lancaster County farming landscapes in the twentieth century / Sally McMurry
Warren Rohrer's Fields / Steven Z. Levine
Work, labor, matter : Warren Rohrer's abstraction / Nancy Locke and Christopher Campbell
The gleaners : Alma Thomas and Warren Rohrer at the edge of the field / Jonathan Frederick Walz
Plain and beautiful : a younger artist considers Warren Rohrer / Douglas Witmer
The loves of Lower Cogslea / William R. Valerio
Hearing the brush : paintings and poems by Warren and Jan Rohrer.