Title & Author:

Hand-painted pop : American art in transition, 1955-62 / exhibition organized by Donna De Salvo and Paul Schimmel ; edited by Russell Ferguson ; with essays by David Deitcher [and others].

Publication:

Los Angeles : Museum of Contemporary Art, [1992]
New York : Distributed by Rizzoli International Publications, Inc.
©1992

Description:

256 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm

Notes:
Accompanies the exhibition "Hand-painted pop: American art in transition, 1955-62" held at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Dec. 6, 1992-Mar. 7, 1993; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Apr. 3-June 20, 1993; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, July 16- Oct. 3, 1993.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-254) and index.
Director's foreword / Richard Koshalek -- The faked gesture : pop art and the New York School / Paul Schimmel -- "Subjects of the artists" : towards a painting without ideals / Donna De Salvo -- Unsentimental education : the professionalization of the American artist / David Deitcher -- Famous paintings seen and not looked at, not examined / John Yau -- Not necessarily pop : Cy Twombly and America / Linda Norden -- Early pop and the consumptive critic / Stephen C. Foster -- Modes of disclosure : the construction of gay identity and the rise of pop art / Kenneth E. Silver -- Fabulous confusion! Pop before pop? / Dick Hebdige.

Summary:

"This important book revises our understanding of one of the key moments in American art: the beginnings of Pop art. A style celebrated for its use of mass-production, Pop art has conventionally been seen as constituting a complete break with the art movements that preceded it. Hand-Painted Pop: American Art in Transition, 1955-62 reevaluates this perception by considering Pop art's complex, layered period of evolution, focusing on its crucial seven years of development. Accompanying eight essays by distinguished art historians are 235 illustrations tracing Pop art's earliest beginnings. Many of the works shown have rarely been seen; others are among the most famous icons of our time. Hand-Painted Pop: American Art in Transition, 1955-62 places these works in the broader context of American culture. Among the topics covered are the formal links between New York School painting and early Pop art; the evolution of artists' choice of subject matter in the period; art education in the postwar era; the success and failure of the critical response to Pop; and gay iconography in the paintings of several Pop artists. This substantial revisionist history sheds considerable light on a central movement in art history." -- Publisher's description

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

0914357298 (MOCA)
9780914357292 (MOCA)
0847816311 (Rizzoli)
9780847816316 (Rizzoli)
0914357271
9780914357278

Subject:

Dine, Jim, 1935-
Lichtenstein, Roy, 1923-1997.
Oldenburg, Claes, 1929-
Rauschenberg, Robert, 1925-2008.
Ruscha, Edward, 1937-
Warhol, Andy, 1928-1987.
Pop art United States Exhibitions.
Art, American 20th century Exhibitions.
Pop'art États-Unis Expositions.
Art américain 20e siècle Expositions.
Art, American.
Pop art.
Schilderkunst.
Pop-art.
United States.
Art, American 20th century
Pop art United States

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogues.
Exhibition catalogs.
exhibition catalogs.
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

De Salvo, Donna M., organizer.
Schimmel, Paul, organizer.
Ferguson, Russell, editor.
Deitcher, David, contributor.
Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles, Calif.), issuing body, host institution.
Museum of Contemporary Art (Chicago, Ill.), host institution.
Whitney Museum of American Art, host institution.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 224709
Call No.: N6512.5.P6 H36 1992
Status: Available

Location: Library main 224710
Call No.: N6512.5.P6 H36 1992
Status: Available