中文简介：

知名艺术家马克·迪翁（Mark Dion，生于1961年）对历史和自然世界有着深厚的热情。他的装置作品挖掘了过去的材料，对现在的制度进行了批判。本书让人想起19世纪伟大的探险日记，记录了迪翁的新作品，这些作品是他穿越德克萨斯州和探索孤星州时完成的。迪翁追溯了四位艺术家和自然学家的旅行——约翰·詹姆斯·奥杜邦、莎拉·安·莉莉·哈定、弗雷德里克·劳·奥姆斯特德和查尔斯·赖特——他们在一个多世纪前曾到该地区旅行。迪翁的旅伴包括保护主义者、牧场主、植物学家、诗人、塔罗牌阅读者以及其它艺术家，书中附有他们撰写的文字，而丰富的插图则展示了迪翁在旅行中制作或收集的物品以及历史艺术品和植物标本。这是一部对美国西部的过去和现在的惊人记录。

英文简介：

Renowned artist Mark Dion (b. 1961) has a deep passion for history and the natural world. His installations mine the materials of the past to level an institutional critique in the present. Evoking the grand expeditionary journals of the 19th century, this singular volume records Dion's latest work, produced through his crisscrossing of Texas and exploration of the Lone Star State. Dion retraces the travels of four artists and naturalists―John James Audubon, Sarah Ann Lillie Hardinge, Frederick Law Olmsted, and Charles Wright―who journeyed to the region over a century ago. Dion's travel companions include preservationists, ranchers, botanists, a poet, a tarot card reader, and fellow artists who offer accompanying texts, while lavish illustrations feature the objects Dion made or collected during his travels alongside historical artworks and botanical specimens. The result is a stunning document of the American West, past and present.