Nava Atlas
American artist
Nava Atlas
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University of Michigan
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State University of New York at New Paltz , M.A. |
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Nava Atlas is an American cookbook author and artist. An archive of her papers is housed in the Sallie Bingham Center for Women’s History and Culture at Duke University .
Education
Nava Atlas received her B.F.A. degree from the University of Michigan in 1977, [1] and her M.A. degree in Art Studio in 2007 from the State University of New York at New Paltz . [2]
Cookbooks
Atlas has written and illustrated a number of vegetarian and vegan cookbooks. [3] Her first cookbook, Vegetariana , came out in 1984, [3] and an entirely vegan edition of Vegetariana was released in 2021. [4]
Her first set of cookbooks focused on vegetarian and natural foods: The WholeFood Catalog: A complete Guide to Natural Foods (1988), American Harvest: Regional Recipes for the Vegetarian Kitchen (1991), Great American Vegetarian (1998), The Vegetarian 5- Ingredient Gourmet (2001), and The Vegetarian Family Cookbook (2004). Later, she transitioned to vegan and plant-based cookbooks: Vegan Holiday Kitchen (2011), Wild About Greens (2012), Plant Power (2014), 5-Ingredient Vegan (2019), Vegan on a Budget (2020), and Plant-Powered Protein (2020). [5]
Book art
Atlas' work has been exhibited at Brooklyn Museum , National Museum of Women in the Arts , Victoria and Albert Museum , and the Wichita Art Museum . [6] She makes artists' books, often experimenting with the physical form and incorporating found materials. [6] Her works include: Secret Recipes for the Modern Wife (2009), Sluts & Studs (2008), Tomcats & Trollops (2008), (Mis)labeling Hillary (2008), Hand Jobs (2008), Deconstructing Elsie (2014), Why You Can't Get Married: an Unwedding Album (2013), The Completely-from-Scratch Steer-to-Sirloin Beef Slaughter Guide and Cookbook (2012), and Any Man Gets Tired of Toast All the Time (2007). [6] Love and Marriage (2008) is a 1950s comic book in which all the dialogue has been replaced with original text by Atlas, and installations that feature text. [7]
References
- ↑ Nava Atlas and Clarissa Sligh in Conversation
- ↑ More Than Art Books, the Books Are the Art
- 1 2 Kanner, Ellen. "Meatless Monday: Nava Atlas and the Art of Plant Power" . Huffington Post , Oct. 27, 2014,
- ↑ Writer Nava Atlas reflects on the (vegan) return of her cult-classic "Vegetariana" cookbook
- ↑ List of cookbooks
- 1 2 3 Isaacs, J. Susan. The Book: A Contemporary View . Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, 2011, p. 14.
- ↑ "Artist's Books: Love and Marriage" . University of Michigan Library website, 2017.
External links
- Official website (art)
- Official website (vegan cooking)
- Literary Ladies' Guide to the Writing Life
- Guide to the Nava Atlas papers - Duke University
- Harper biography
- Nava Atlas reflects on the (vegan) return of her cult-classic "Vegetariana" cookbook - Salon.com , April 12, 2022.
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