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001 2012043172
003 DLC
005 20131106074810.0
008 121025s2013 inua bc 000 0deng
010 $a 2012043172
020 $a9783791352589 (hardback)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aNE539.I53$bA4 2013
082 00 $a769.92$223
084 $aART016030$2bisacsh
245 04 $aThe essential Robert Indiana /$cMartin Krause, John Wilmerding.
264 1 $aIndianapolis, Indiana :$bIndianapolis Museum of Art,$c[2013]
300 $a152 pages :$billustrations ;$c31 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
336 $astill image$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 $a"Decoding Robert Indiana's work for a new generation, this revelatory book explores previously unknown autobiographical elements in the work of the Pop artist and printmaker. Famously proclaiming himself to be "an American painter of signs," Robert Indiana has created an enormous body of work, much of it boldly colored abstractions. In this incisive new examination of the artist, based on ongoing conversations with Indiana, art historian Martin Krause sifts through autobiographical clues within the artist's work and finds a wealth of affecting and affectionate references to Indiana's childhood, literary heroes, and the cultural icons of his generation. In addition, a penetrating essay by Pop art scholar John Wilmerding deconstructs Indiana's use of geometric shapes, making unexpected connections that enhance Krause's thesis. Accompanied by reproductions of more than 50 prints from the period 1960-2010--and focusing specifically on series such as Decade: Autoportraits, Vinalhaven Suite, and The Hartley Elegies as well as the "Love" and "Hope" images and studies of Marilyn Monroe, Picasso, and the Brooklyn Bridge--Krause's decryption of Indiana's visual language provides telling insight into the work of this quintessentially American artist"--$cProvided by publisher.
500 $aPublished on the occasion of the exhibition The Essential Robert Indiana, organized by the Indianapolis Museum of Art, May 24-August 18, 2013.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
600 10 $aIndiana, Robert,$d1928-$vExhibitions.
650 7 $aART / Individual Artists / Monographs.$2bisacsh
700 1 $aKrause, Martin F.
700 1 $aWilmerding, John.
700 12 $aIndiana, Robert,$d1928-$tWorks.$kSelections.
710 2 $aIndianapolis Museum of Art.