TY - BOOK AU - Meatyard,Ralph Eugene AU - Parry,Eugenia AU - Siegel,Elizabeth ED - Art Institute of Chicago. ED - M.H. de Young Memorial Museum. ED - Philadelphia Museum of Art. TI - Ralph Eugene Meatyard: dolls and masks SN - 9781934435335 U1 - 770.92 MEA PY - 2011/// CY - Santa Fe, [Chicago], New York, NY PB - Radius Books, Art Institute of Chicago, available through D.A.P. / Distributed Art Publishers KW - Meatyard, Ralph Eugene, KW - Meatyard, Ralph Eugene KW - Dolls KW - Pictorial works KW - Masks KW - Photography, Artistic KW - Exhibitions KW - fast KW - Fotografie KW - gnd KW - Puppe KW - Motiv KW - Maske KW - Exhibition catalogs KW - Exhibition catalogues N1 - Published in conjunction with an exhibition organized by the Art Institute of Chicago and held at the Art Institute of Chicago, July 2-Sept. 25, 2011; the De Young Museum, San Francisco, Oct. 8, 2011-Feb. 26, 2012, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art, May 19-Aug. 5, 2012; Author's statement from colophon; Includes bibliographical references N2 - In 1950s America there were neither likely nor logical paths for a photographer. Family man, optician, photographer and avid reader, Ralph Eugene Meatyard found himself in the midst of a cultural and philosophical movement in Lexington, Kentucky, which at that time included such figures as Thomas Merton, Wendell Berry and Guy Davenport. Through the camera, Meatyard explored and created a fantasy world of dolls and masks, where his family members played the central roles on an ever-changing stage. Dolls and masks opens the door on a decade of rich experimentation, presenting 55 mostly unseen works from the artist ER -