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Chicago imagists : 1960s-1970s.

Contributor(s): Publisher: London : Hayward Gallery Publishing, 2019Description: 159 pages : chiefly illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 25 cmContent type:
  • still image
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781853323638
Subject(s):
Contents:
Chronology -- Foreword / Sarah McCrory -- Chicago imagism : a style, a state of mind / Lynne Warren -- Who? How? What? / Rosie Cooper -- Roger Brown -- Sarah Canright -- Jim Falconer -- Ed Flood -- Art Green -- Philip Hanson -- Gladys Nilsson -- Jim Nutt -- Ed Paschke -- Christina Ramberg -- Suellen Rocca -- Barbara Rossi -- Karl Wirsum -- Ray Yoshida -- Ephemera -- List of works -- Afterword.
Summary: This compact illustrated introduction to the work of the Chicago Imagists celebrates the grotesque surrealism, cartoon energy and vivid color of a group of innovative 1960s artists who thoroughly rejected art-world terms. These artists--who include those associated with the Hairy Who--are Roger Brown, Sarah Canright, James Falconer, Ed Flood, Art Green, Phil Hanson, Gladys Nilsson, Jim Nutt, Ed Paschke, Christina Ramberg, Suellen Rocca, Barbara Rossi, Karl Wirsum and Ray Yoshida. Together this group made art that spanned painting, drawing, sculpture, prints, comics and zines. With approximately 100 illustrations the book features an introductory essay by curators Rosie Cooper and Sarah McCrory, an essay by art historian and curator Lynne Warren on the importance of the art scene in Chicago and individual texts on each artist.

Published to accompany the exhibition 'How Chicago! Imagists 1960s and 70s' held at Goldsmiths Centre for Contemporary Art, London, 15th March-26th May 2019 and De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea, 15th June-8th September 2019.

Chronology -- Foreword / Sarah McCrory -- Chicago imagism : a style, a state of mind / Lynne Warren -- Who? How? What? / Rosie Cooper -- Roger Brown -- Sarah Canright -- Jim Falconer -- Ed Flood -- Art Green -- Philip Hanson -- Gladys Nilsson -- Jim Nutt -- Ed Paschke -- Christina Ramberg -- Suellen Rocca -- Barbara Rossi -- Karl Wirsum -- Ray Yoshida -- Ephemera -- List of works -- Afterword.

This compact illustrated introduction to the work of the Chicago Imagists celebrates the grotesque surrealism, cartoon energy and vivid color of a group of innovative 1960s artists who thoroughly rejected art-world terms. These artists--who include those associated with the Hairy Who--are Roger Brown, Sarah Canright, James Falconer, Ed Flood, Art Green, Phil Hanson, Gladys Nilsson, Jim Nutt, Ed Paschke, Christina Ramberg, Suellen Rocca, Barbara Rossi, Karl Wirsum and Ray Yoshida. Together this group made art that spanned painting, drawing, sculpture, prints, comics and zines. With approximately 100 illustrations the book features an introductory essay by curators Rosie Cooper and Sarah McCrory, an essay by art historian and curator Lynne Warren on the importance of the art scene in Chicago and individual texts on each artist.