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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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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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