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Indiana, Robert, 1928-2018

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1928-09-13 - 2018-05-19

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Figures of Speech / Indiana, Robert ; Ryan, Susan Elizabeth ; Kostelanetz R ; Stein G ; Warhol A ; Villa JG ; Ginsberg A ; Johns J ; Lichtenstein R ; Larcan J ; Rauschenberg R ; Smithson R ; Zayas M ; Thomson V., 2000

 Item
Identifier: CC-34586-36285
Scope and Contents

This book is a well illustrated biography of Indiana (born Robert Clark) by Susan Ryan that was an outgrowth of a PhD thesis. It deals mainly with Indiana's work from the late 1950's to the early 1970's with emphasis on his visual language works and worded sculptured columns called "herms." The art works are critiqued by Ryan. There are sections that deal with Indiana's poetry and his artist statements. It mentions that Indiana was influenced by the poems of Jose Garcia Villa. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

From Imagism to Concrete Poetry: Breakthrough or Blind Alley? / Cluver, Claus; Saroyan A; Solt ME; Williams E; Indiana R; DeCampos A; Gomringer E; Mallarme S., 1987

 Item
Identifier: CC-19835-20222
Scope and Contents

Cluver presents definitions of Concrete Poetry and its controversies. Robert Indiana's "LOVE" works and e.e. cummings poem "brIght" are analyzed. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987