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Title:

Monster Roster : existentialist art in postwar Chicago / John Corbett, Jim Dempsey, Jessica Moss, and Richard A. Born ; with contributions by Dennis Adrian, Jon Bird, Thomas Dyja, Mark Pascale, and Arlene Shechet.

Publisher:

Smart Museum of ArtUniversity of Chicago,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

207 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm

Subject:

Monster Roster (Group of artists)--Exhibitions.
Figurative art, American--Chicago--Chicago--20th century--Exhibitions.

Other Authors:

Corbett, John, 1963- author. author.
Dempsey, Jim, editor.
Moss, Jessica, editor.
Born, Richard A., editor.
Adrian, Dennis, 1937- writer of introduction.
Bird, Jon, author.
Dyja, Tom, author.
Pascale, Mark, 1954- author.
Shechet, Arlene, author.
David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, host institution. host institution.

Notes:

"Published on the occasion of the exhibition Monster Roster: Existentialist Art in Postwar Chicago, organized by the Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago, presented February 11-June 12, 2016." Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-207).

Contents:

Alive and well / Arlene Shechet -- Introduction / Dennis Adrian -- Appendix. Bleak house : Chicago's monster artists / John Corbett -- Wild in the city : postwar Chicago and the unconscious / Thomas Dyja -- Myth and transformation in the art of Leon Golub / Jon Bird -- Experimental pursuits : printmaking by the Monster Roster / Mark Pascale -- Alive and well / Arlene Shechet -- Plates -- Checklist of the exhibition -- Appendix.

ISBN:

0935573488
9780935573480

OCLC:

(OCoLC)915943398

LCCN:

2015028963

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)