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The essential Robert Indiana

Title
The essential Robert Indiana / Martin Krause, John Wilmerding.
Author
Krause, Martin F.
Publication
aMunich : Delmonico Books/Prestel, [2013], 2013.

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Additional Authors
  • Wilmerding, John
  • Indiana, Robert, 1928-
  • Indianapolis Museum of Art
Description
152 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 32 cm
Summary
"Decoding Robert Indiana's work for a new generation, this revelatory book explores previously unknown autobiographical elements in the work of the Pop artist and printmaker. Famously proclaiming himself to be "an American painter of signs," Robert Indiana has created an enormous body of work, much of it boldly colored abstractions. In this incisive new examination of the artist, based on ongoing conversations with Indiana, art historian Martin Krause sifts through autobiographical clues within the artist's work and finds a wealth of affecting and affectionate references to Indiana's childhood, literary heroes, and the cultural icons of his generation. In addition, a penetrating essay by Pop art scholar John Wilmerding deconstructs Indiana's use of geometric shapes, making unexpected connections that enhance Krause's thesis. Accompanied by reproductions of more than 50 prints from the period 1960-2010--and focusing specifically on series such as Decade: Autoportraits, Vinalhaven Suite, and The Hartley Elegies as well as the "Love" and "Hope" images and studies of Marilyn Monroe, Picasso, and the Brooklyn Bridge--Krause's decryption of Indiana's visual language provides telling insight into the work of this quintessentially American artist"--
Subject
Indiana, Robert, 1928- > Exhibitions
Note
  • Published on the occasion of the exhibition The Essential Robert Indiana, organized by the Indianapolis Museum of Art, May 24-August 18, 2013.
  • Includes index.
Call Number
JQG 13-628
ISBN
  • 9783791352589 (hardback)
  • 379135258X (hardback)
LCCN
2012043172
OCLC
815382524
Author
Krause, Martin F.
Title
The essential Robert Indiana / Martin Krause, John Wilmerding.
Imprint
aMunich : Delmonico Books/Prestel, [2013], 2013.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Added Author
Wilmerding, John.
Indiana, Robert, 1928- Prints. Selections.
Indianapolis Museum of Art.
Research Call Number
JQG 13-628
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