James Rosenquist
Subtitle: pop art, politics, and history in the 1960s
By: Michael Lobel.
Contributors: Rosenquist, James, 1933-
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 214
ISBN-13: 9780520253032
Subjects: Rosenquist, James, -- 1933- -- Criticism and interpretation; Pop art -- United States
Description: From the Publisher: James Rosenquist's paintings, with their billboard-sized images of commercial subjects, are utterly emblematic of 1960s Pop Art. Their provocative imagery also touches on some of the major political and historical events of that turbulent decade-from the Kennedy assassination to the war in Vietnam. In the first full-length scholarly examination of Rosenquist's art from that period, Michael Lobel weaves together close visual analysis, a wealth of archival research, and a consideration of the social and historical contexts in which these paintings were produced to offer bold new readings of a body of work that helped redefine art in the 1960s. Bringing together a range of approaches, James Rosenquist provides a compelling perspective on the artist and on the burgeoning consumer culture of postwar America.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgments; title: Introduction. 1. Between the billboard and the studio; title: 2. Approaching history; title: 3. Rosenquist repaints history : the curious case of President elect; title: 4. Summer of '64 : the World's Fair and the limits of pop; title: Conclusion; title: Notes; title: Bibliography; title: List of illustrations; title: Index.