3-D Doings: The Imagist Object in Chicago Art: 1964-1980

Eccentric and entertaining, the bold and cartoonish three-dimensional objects of the Chicago Imagists receive an enthusiastic survey in this playful volume

Contemporaneous with the Pop art movement, Chicago Imagism can be characterized as warm and wacky--a stark contrast to the cooler, more aloof styles in New York and London. The Imagist movement (a term coined by art historian Franz Schulze in 1972) was propelled by a core group of artists--all graduates of the School of the Art Institute ...