Bookish: In the Distance

3501 Camp Bowie Boulevard,Fort Worth TX 76107

16 September, 2021

Description

Bookish is our quarterly art lover’s book club where we take a deep dive into a work of art before chatting about the featured book. Join us at the Museum as we read In the Distance by Hernan Diaz. A 2018 finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, In the Distance tells the story of a young Swedish immigrant who finds himself penniless and alone in California. The boy travels east in search of his brother, moving on foot against the great current of emigrants pushing west. Driven back again and again, he meets naturalists, criminals, religious fanatics, swindlers, American Indians, and lawmen, and his exploits turn him into a legend. Diaz defies the conventions of historical fiction and genre, offering a look at the stereotypes that populate our past and a portrait of radical foreignness. Spencer Wigmore, curator of the exhibition Thomas Moran’s Mount Superior, will share some insight on the recent acquisition of a long-lost watercolor by the acclaimed landscape artist, and we’ll learn more about the history of colonization and industrialization of the American West. After the tour, we will discuss the book. You can purchase In the Distance in the Museum Shop. American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation may be provided during this event upon advance request. The Amon Carter Museum of American Art was established through the generosity of Amon G. Carter Sr. (1879–1955) to house his collection of paintings and sculpture by Frederic Remington and Charles M. Russell; to collect, preserve, and exhibit the finest examples of American art; and to serve an educational role through exhibitions, publications, and programs devoted to the study of American art. Now in its sixth decade of operation, the Amon Carter Museum of American Art offers a diverse array of exhibitions, publications, and programs that connect visitors to masterworks of American art.