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Artist Jim Cogswell's Cosmogonic Tattoos is an ambitious work of contemporary art created for the windows of the University of Michigan Museum of Art and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology. based entirely on objects found in the two collections. Accompanied by essays and reaction from scholars and museum professionals. 60 illus, many colour. This heavily illustrated book contains a full photographic documentation of the installation, as well as the artefacts that inspired it and preliminary studies, accompanied by essays and reactions to the work by artists, scholars and museum professionals. Cosmogony is typically defined as the scientific field of study dedicated to the exploration of the solar system s origins, but Cogswell embraces a broader use of the term, rooted in the kinds of human storytelling that shape our ethics, morals, and holistic understandings. With contributions by Gunalan Nadarajan, Terry Wilfong, Kathryn Huss, MaryAnn Wilkinson, Claire Zimmerman, Karl Daubman, Daniel Herwitz and Raymond Silverman.

Jim Cogswell is Professor of Art at University of Michigan Stamps School of Art & Design, USA.