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The American Dream

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The American Dream

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In the early 1960s, American printmaking experienced a dynamic resurgence that placed it at the heart of artistic practice. Such was the medium's attraction that by 1970 virtually every major American artists was exploring its creative potential in collaborative print workshops. Throughout the past six decades, as leading artists have experimented with different materials and new techniques, prints have continued to reflect their central concerns. The American Dream: pop to the present presents an overview of this extraordinary vibrant period of American printmaking, from the moment pop art burst onto the New York and West Coast scenes in the early 1960s, through the rise of minimalism, conceptual art and photorealism in the 1970s, to the engagement with contentious matters such as race, AIDS and feminism right up to the present day. Particular attention is given to key figures such as Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg and Ed Ruscha as well as to more recent practitioners, including Jenny Holzer, Kiki Smith, Glenn Ligon and Julie Mehretu. The vital role of several print workshops is also discussed. Fully illustrated with more than 200 key works by almost 70 artists, informative commentaries on the prints and concise biographies of the artists, this book reveals the unprecedented scale, boldness and ambition of American printmaking since the 1960s.

Author Biography

Susan Tallman is editor-in-chief of the journal Art in Print. Stephen Coppel is curator of modern prints and drawings at the British Museum. Catherine Daunt is Monument Trust project curator at the British Museum.
Release date Australia
March 9th, 2017
Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Illustrations
38 Illustrations, black and white; 350 Illustrations, color
Imprint
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Pages
332
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Dimensions
256x286x28
ISBN-13
9780500239605
Product ID
26155640

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