Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Curley, John J.
Title:
A conspiracy of images : Andy Warhol, Gerhard Richter, and the art of the Cold War / John J. Curley.
Published / Created:
New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2013]

©2013
Physical Description:
279 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John J. Curley.
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
"Jacket illustrations: (front) Andy Warhol, 'Red Explosion (Atomic Bombs),' 1963 (fig. 135), and Gerhard Richter, 'Uncle Rudi (Onkel Rudi),' 1965 (fig. 102); (back) John McHale, 'Forms of Coding, 1955.' (fig. 17)."--Title page verso.
Contents:
Introduction. The art that came in from the cold -- Failures of containment: the case of postwar abstraction -- The development of Andy Warhol's pop eye -- Socialist realism and Gerhard Richter's 'third way' -- Paranoid styles: Warhol's and Richter's conspiracy theories of painting -- The uncontained image: the politics of Warhol's and Richter's blur -- Conclusion. Art and illusion: Cold War art history.
Subject Terms:
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Themes, motives. | Art and society -- History -- 20th century. | Warhol, Andy, 1928–1987 -- Criticism and interpretation. | Richter, Gerhard, 1932– -- Criticism and interpretation. | Cold War -- Influence.
Form/Genre:
Dust jackets.
Contributors:
McHale, John, illustrator. | Yale University Press, publisher.