Published on the occasion of the exhibition Robert Indiana: Beyond LOVE, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, September 26, 2013-January 5, 2014; McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, February 5-May 25, 2014.
Contents:
Foreword / Adam D. Weinberg -- Robert Indiana: the American dream / Barbara Haskell -- Native language: Robert Indiana and American Modernism / Sasha Nicholas -- Robert Indiana and the legacy of language / René Paul Barilleaux -- Robert Indiana: contemporary perspectives, part I / Barbara Haskell, Bill Katz, Susan Elizabeth Ryan, Allison Unruh, and John Wilmerding -- Robert Indiana: contemporary perspectives, part II / Barbara Haskell, Thomas Crow, Robert Storr, Robert Pincus-Witten, and Robert Storr -- Interviews and artist's statements
Summary:
With essays by René Paul Barilleaux and Sasha Nicholas Robert Indiana's popular LOVE works have made the esteemed Pop artist a household name. Their fame and ubiquity have also served to eclipse the rest of his dynamic, conceptually charged work. 'Robert Indiana: Beyond LOVE' is a compelling reassessment of the artist's contributions to American art during his long and prolific career. Indiana has explored the power of language, American identity and personal history for five decades. Although visually dazzling and apparently cheerful on the surface, his imagery has a depth and a darkness that draws on his own biography as well as on the myths, history and literature of the United States. Exhibition: Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC, USA (26.09.2013-05.01.2014) & McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, USA (Spring 2014).
