MONSTER ROSTER: EXISTENTIALIST ART IN POSTWAR CHICAGO Corbett & Dempsey

Description: Accompanying an exhibition at the University of Chicagos Smart Museum of Art, this book is the definitive introduction to Chicagos first artistic movement, the Monster Roster.The volume includes an overview of the artists involved, such as Leon Golub, June Leaf, Seymour Rosofsky, and Nancy Spero; an introduction to the historical context surrounding the groups emergence in the 1950s; and a discussion of Monster Roster prints. In addition, key texts can be found reprinted here, such as Jean Dubuffets 1951 lecture Anticultural Positions and Franz Schulzes 1972 essay Chicago: The Setting and the Group. Containing full-color reproductions of many Monster Roster works, ephemera, and historical photographs, as well as a detailed chronology and exhibition history, Monster Roster is a long-awaited history of one of the most essential Midwestern contributions to American art.

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Book Title: Monster Roster: Existentialist Art in Postwar Chicago

ISBN-10: 0935573488

Number of Pages: 224 Pages

Language: English

Publication Name: Monster Roster : Existentialist Art in Postwar Chicago

Publisher: University of Chicago, David & Alfred Smart Museum

Publication Year: 2016

Item Height: 0.1 in

Subject: History / Contemporary (1945-), Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General, American / General, History / General

Item Weight: 45.9 Oz

Type: Textbook

Item Length: 1.1 in

Author: John Corbett, Jessica Moss, Jim Dempsey, Richard A. Born

Subject Area: Art

Item Width: 1 in

Format: Trade Paperback