In the 1960s, Chicago was the second largest city in the United States and the site of cultural and political upheaval-including the protests surrounding the 1968 Democratic convention. Despite this turmoil- or perhaps because of it-Chicago forged its own artistic brand with the emergence of the Chicago Imagists. Drawing inspiration from the everyday world, comic books, popular culture, pornography, Surrealism, and non-western art, these young artists, in a series of exhibitions at the Hyde Park Art Center, created energetic, figurative paintings with vibrant colors that were titled with humorous puns. Chicago Imagists includes six essays and an extensive chronology and provides critical analysis of the arresting, but sometimes overlooked, work of Roger Brown, Sarah Canright, James Falconer, Ed Flood, Art Green, Philip Hanson, Gladys Nilsson, Jim Nutt, Ed Paschke, Christina Ramberg, Suellen Rocca, Barbara Rossi, and Karl Wirsum. In this volume Madison Museum of Contemporary Art curator of collections, Richard H. Axsom draws strong corollaries between the coastal movements of Pop art and this younger, Midwestern version. Curator Lynne Warren traces the origin of the term "Chicago Imagists," and in a second essay delves into sexuallycharged humor of these works, paying close attention to their titles. MMoCA director Stephen Fleischman discusses the forward-thinking collectors, critics, curators, and dealers who championed this work before it was recognized on a national level. MMoCA curator Jane Simon finds reflections of the political, social, and cultural transformation of the 1960s in the work of the Imagists. Over a third of the Imagists were women, and feminist scholar Cécile Whiting examines how these women artists rethought femininity. This volume is essential for anyone interested in drawing, painting, prints, sculpture, and American art.

Chicago Imagists by Richard H. Axsom (2011-08-02)

Richard H. Axsom

Leah Kolb

Lynne Warren

Jane Simon

Stephen Fleischman

Cécile Whiting

Arts & Photography

MMoCA

The exhibition catalogue Nathaniel Mary Quinn: This is Life was published by the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art in conjunction with the artist's first solo museum exhibition. This fully illustrated publication was designed by Art &amp; Sons, the Madison-based collaborative studio of Drew Garza, Scott Paulie, and Jerry Chapa. In addition to a foreword by MMoCA director Stephen Fleischman and an interview with Quinn about his artistic process, the catalogue also contains two essays, one by Claire Gilman, chief curator at The Drawing Center, and the other by MMoCA curator of exhibitions Leah Kolb, who also organized the exhibition.

Nathaniel Mary Quinn: This Is Life

Amy Cutler: A Narrative Thread, was published by the Madison Museum of Contemporary in conjunction with the artist’s 2021 exhibition of the same name. Based in Brooklyn, NY, Cutler has garnered critical acclaim for her immaculately detailed and narratively enigmatic works of art. Her contemplative and psychologically charged compositions act as abstracted metaphors that reflect the artist’s personal experiences and anxieties.\nAs an homage to Cutler’s creative process, MMoCA commissioned five female authors—Chloe Benjamin, Lydia Conklin, Krista Eastman, Lauren Groff, and Suzanne Rivecca—to write short stories about several of the paintings included in the exhibition.\nThis fully illustrated publication was designed by Art & Sons, the Madison-based collaborative studio of Drew Garza, Scott Paulie, and Jerry Chapa; the catalogue also includes an essay by MMoCA Curator of Exhibitions Leah Kolb, who organized the exhibition.

Amy Cutler: A Narrative Thead

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