Art in Chicago, 1945-1995
By: organized by Lynne Warren ; essays by Jeff Abell ... [et al.] ; with contributions from Monique Meloche and Dominic Molon.
Contributors: Warren, Lynne.; Abell, Jeff.; Museum of Contemporary Art (Chicago, Ill.)
Publisher: Thames and Hudson; Museum of Contemporary Art
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York, N.Y; Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
Subjects: Arts, American -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 20th century -- Exhibitions.; Arts and society -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century -- Exhibitions.
Genres: Exhibitions.
Description: Art in Chicago, 1945-1995 examines the unique development of artistic traditions within the cultural, social, and political life of this quintessential American city during the second half of the twentieth century.

Capturing the verve and innovation that characterized each decade, the book considers painting, sculpture, photography, drawing, and media arts (film, video, performance) by 150 artists who have either always lived and worked in Chicago or have created significant bodies of work in residence there. Among the artists profiled are Roger Brown, Harry Callahan, Ruth Duckworth, Jeanne Dunning, Leon Golub, Robert Heinecken, Richard Hunt, June Leaf, Kerry James Marshall, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Archibald J.

Motley, Jr., Jim Nutt, Ed Paschke, Hirsch Perlman, Martin Puryear, Arnaldo Roche Rabell, Miroslaw Rogala, Alejandro Romero, Kay Rosen, Hollis Sigler, Aaron Siskind, Nancy Spero, Tony Tasset, H. C. Westermann, Claire Zeisler, and the Zhou Brothers. More than 170 color reproductions are set amidst a running timeline of historical events in both Chicago and beyond, and over 140 black-and-white photographs complement the text.
Notes: Issued in conjunction with an exhibition of the same name originated by the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, to be held from Nov. 16 through March 23, 1997.
Includes index.