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“Interdisciplinary and archivally rich, Lives of the Imaginary Artists in Cold War California provides a fascinating account of how multiple artists based in California in the mid-twentieth century invented fictional identities. Steinberg expertly examines the different strategies adopted to create imaginary artists whose identities and creative output toyed with the very principles of archival evidence, biographical documentation, and aesthetic attribution while simultaneously navigating the social and political complexities of the Cold War.” -- Cécile Whiting, author of ""Pop L.A.: Art and the City in the 1960s"" “I read this book to find myself. I’m on page 1.” -- Dudley Finds (Lowell Darling), Fat City School of Finds Art “Pantale Xantos, go fuck yourself.” -- Love, Eric Hammerscoffer (George Herms) “The Information Man knew too much. He had to go.”  -- Edward (Still Looking for the Real Killer) Ruscha “This space for rent.” -- Dr. Lux (Larry Bell) “After 53 years of my peaceful reign, I Charley 1, ‘The King of Solana Beach,’ call on my subjects to help defend our kingdom from the usurpers in the east.” -- The King (Eleanor Antin)

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Monica Steinberg is an assistant professor at the University of Hong Kong. She has contributed to exhibition catalogs published by the Fitzwilliam Museum, Imago Mundi Collection, and the National Academy Museum and School of Fine Art, and her articles have appeared in Crime Media Culture, Art Journal, Panorama, Oxford Art Journal, Art History, American Art, Grey Room, and the Archives of American Art Journal.  

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