Author: Alloway, Lawrence
Title: American Pop Art
Description: NY, Collier/Macmillan, 1974. Softcover. Glossy color illustrated glued wraps. xiv, 146 pp. 11 color, 103 bw plates. "The works in this volume are those exhibited in the Whitney Museum's American Pop Art survey -- the first major retrospective exhibit of this exhilarating contemporary art whose principal themes are taken from advertising, comic strips, motion pictures, and other forms of popular culture. The combination of Alloway's brilliant exposition and the one-hundred-and-five illustrations, ten in color, provides an illuminating experience, a visualization and understanding of this complex, exciting, typically American art movement. Contents as follows: Catalog of the exhibition -- Introduction -- Definition -- Signs and objects -- Artists: -- Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg -- Roy Lichtenstein -- James Rosenquist -- Claes Oldenburg -- Andy Warhol -- Context. Includes a catalogue of the exhibition (77 works by 17 artists); chapters by Lawrence Alloway on definition, signs and objects, artists (Johns, Rauschenberg, Lichtenstein, Rosenquist, Oldenburg, and Warhol), and context; 6 pages of notes; an 8-page bibliography; and an index. Published to accompany an exhibition at NY: Whitney, Apr. 6 to June 16, 1974. VG appears seldom read .

Keywords: American Art; 20th Century; Excat; Pop Art ; Pop Art ; 20th Century ; Excat Museum Exhibitions - American Art


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