Overview

James Rosenquist's paintings, with their billboard-sized images of commercial subjects, are utterly emblematic of 1960s Pop Art. Their provocative imagery also touches on some of the major political and historical events of that turbulent decade - from the Kennedy assassination to the war in Vietnam. In the first full-length scholarly examination of Rosenquist's art from that period, Michael Lobel weaves together close visual analysis, a wealth of archival research, and a consideration of the social and historical contexts in which these paintings were produced to offer bold new readings of a body of work that helped redefine art in the 1960s. Bringing together a range of approaches, James Rosenquist provides a compelling perspective on the artist and on the burgeoning consumer culture of postwar America.

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Lobel's book is well written, and presents much insight into Rosenquist's work of the 1960s. --Naea News Lobel's writing is lucid, informed, intelligent, and subtle. --The Art Book

Lobel's book is well written, and presents much insight into Rosenquist's work of the 1960s. --Naea News

""Lobel's book is well written, and presents much insight into Rosenquist's work of the 1960s."" Naea News ""Lobel's writing is lucid, informed, intelligent, and subtle."" The Art Book

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Michael Lobel is Associate Professor of Art History and Director of the M.A. Program in Modern and Contemporary Art, Criticism, and Theory at Purchase College, State University of New York.

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