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A Conspiracy of Images: Andy Warhol, Gerhard Richter, and the Art of the Cold War
John J. Curley
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Description for A Conspiracy of Images: Andy Warhol, Gerhard Richter, and the Art of the Cold War
Hardback. An important new look at Cold War art on both sides of the Atlantic Num Pages: 296 pages, 32 colour + 136 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJP; ACXJ; AGB; HBTW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 210 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1314.
An important new look at Cold War art on both sides of the Atlantic
In October 1962, a set of blurred surveillance photographs brought the world to the brink of nuclear apocalypse during the Cuban missile crisis. The pictures themselves demonstrated little, and explanatory captions were necessary to identify the danger for the public. In the following months, two artists with antithetical backgrounds arrived at a similar aesthetic: Andy Warhol, who began his career as a commercial artist in New York City, turned to the silkscreened replication of violent photographs. Gerhard Richter, who began as a mural painter ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Yale University Press
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300188431
SKU
V9780300188431
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About John J. Curley
John J. Curley is assistant professor of art history at Wake Forest University.
Reviews for A Conspiracy of Images: Andy Warhol, Gerhard Richter, and the Art of the Cold War
“Curley's thoughtful and carefully researched book promotes Warhol and Richter to positions of cultural centrality, thereby deepening our understanding not only of their work but of their perilous times—and ours.”—Richard Kalina, Art in America
Richard Kalina
Art in America
Richard Kalina
Art in America