Robert Indiana - Complete Work (Hardcover)

Robert Indiana's paintings are quintessential Pop art. His fascination with letters and numbers, neon signs, pinball machines, billboards and other vernacular signage has resulted in some of the most iconic images in modern American art. His famous LOVE paintings and sculptures are perhaps his most well-known work, since the postage stamp created in 1973 issued over 300 million. His paintings have homes in museums throughout the world, and his large public sculptures are landmarks in major cities. This eye-catching survey of Indiana's art and design, unlike many other books on the artist, will look at the whole of his oeuvre.
This volume articulates the dynamics of Indiana's art and considers the connections between the artworks, the sources of his imagery, and his life. It also examines his early career, looks at the critical response to his work over the years, and places his recent work in the context of both his career and contemporary art. This book shows how his work engages the sometimes empty rhetoric of the "American dream," and how his love of American literature and poetry have permeated his painting,
This book, produced in conjunction with the artist, assures Indiana's place in the art world alongside contemporaries Warhol, Lichtenstein, and Rosenquist.