Art and Context
The '50s and '60s
Will be published approx. on 3. November 2006
Book
Hardback
80 pages
978-0-9755662-2-0 (ISBN)
Description
Prior to the 1960s, art objects were viewed as wholly distinct from non-art. But by mid-decade, that perspective was being challenged by artists such as Andy Warhol, whose Brillo Boxes looked exactly like the real ones; Roy Lichtenstein, whose paintings imitated comic book pages; and Carl Andre, whose floor sculptures were, in fact, slabs of industrial metal. Art and Context examines how these pieces and others like them relate to a society bombarded by advertising while also in the midst of a cultural revolution--as evidenced by the growing acceptance of civil rights, feminism, drug use, and sexual freedom--and offers a solid basis for understanding the art of the past half century.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Washington
United States
Publishing group
University of Washington Press
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Trade binding
Dimensions
Height: 261 mm
Width: 212 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
576 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-9755662-2-0 (9780975566220)
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Chris Bruce is director of the Museum of Art/Washington State University, Pullman, and the exhibition's co-curator. His many exhibitions include Myth of the West, Roy Lichtenstein Prints, and Gary Hill. Nella Van Dyke is associate professor of sociology at Washington State University, Pullman.
Keith A. Wells (1962-2013), was curator of the Museum of Art at Washington State University. He received a bachelor's and master's degree in fine arts from WSU, and became an instructor with the WSU Fine Arts Department in 1998. He authored and co-authored several books on the museum's exhibits.
Keith A. Wells (1962-2013), was curator of the Museum of Art at Washington State University. He received a bachelor's and master's degree in fine arts from WSU, and became an instructor with the WSU Fine Arts Department in 1998. He authored and co-authored several books on the museum's exhibits.
Content
Foreword and Acknowledgments
Robert C. BatesSomething Happened:
AN INTRODUCTION TO ART AND CONTEXT IN THE 1950s AND 1960S
Chris Bruce
The Echoes of Influence
Keith Wells
Social Timelines
Introductions by Nella Van Dyke
Catalogue Entries and Plates
Keith Wells
1950-55:
THE COLD WAR, McCARTHYISM, AND CONFORMITY CULTURE
Jackson Pollock
Mark Rothko
Alexander Calder
1955-60:
EARLY CIVIL RIGHTS AND THE RISE OF YOUTH CULTURE
Joan Mitchell
Hans Hofmann
Jasper Johns
Robert Motherwell
1960-65:
MARTIN LUTHER KING-ERA CIVIL RIGHTS AND THE SEEDS OF COUNTERCULTURE
Morris Louis
Frank Stella
Robert Rauschenberg
Kenneth Noland
Roy Lichtenstein
1965-70:
PROTEST MOVEMENTS, CIVIL UNREST, AND COUNTERCULTURE
Larry Bell
Willem de Kooning
Helen Frankenthaler
Eva Hesse
Andy Warhol
Donald Judd
Claes Oldenburg
Carl Andre
Robert C. BatesSomething Happened:
AN INTRODUCTION TO ART AND CONTEXT IN THE 1950s AND 1960S
Chris Bruce
The Echoes of Influence
Keith Wells
Social Timelines
Introductions by Nella Van Dyke
Catalogue Entries and Plates
Keith Wells
1950-55:
THE COLD WAR, McCARTHYISM, AND CONFORMITY CULTURE
Jackson Pollock
Mark Rothko
Alexander Calder
1955-60:
EARLY CIVIL RIGHTS AND THE RISE OF YOUTH CULTURE
Joan Mitchell
Hans Hofmann
Jasper Johns
Robert Motherwell
1960-65:
MARTIN LUTHER KING-ERA CIVIL RIGHTS AND THE SEEDS OF COUNTERCULTURE
Morris Louis
Frank Stella
Robert Rauschenberg
Kenneth Noland
Roy Lichtenstein
1965-70:
PROTEST MOVEMENTS, CIVIL UNREST, AND COUNTERCULTURE
Larry Bell
Willem de Kooning
Helen Frankenthaler
Eva Hesse
Andy Warhol
Donald Judd
Claes Oldenburg
Carl Andre