Collection catalogue published 2018
The Saint Louis Art Museum distinguished itself in the 1960s and 70s by collecting assertively in the area of post-World War II American art, including prints. Notable highlights include several of the pop print series by Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, and Jasper Johns, as well as numerous other individual prints and series. This catalogue celebrates these strengths in the Museum’s collection and in the community, and picks up the thread so fruitfully initiated in the 1960s to continue the story of printmaking up to the present day.
The book provides an engaging and topical survey of printmaking in America in the post-1945 period that is critically shaped by the scholarship and viewpoints of the co-curators. The essays explore recent trends and directions in contemporary American art. This includes an examination of new and revived techniques, and the variety of artists and subjects reflect the more international focus of contemporary art in the US today. Printmaking is at once the most democratic art, accessible to all, and at the same time can be obscure and difficult to understand. The exhibition and its catalogue stress the accessibility of the medium and convey the passion of the collectors who have focused on this area.
Authors: Elizabeth Wyckoff and Gretchen L. Wagner
Details: 280 pages, 300 illustrations, including 6 foldouts; 11 x 8.5 inches, softcover. Published and produced by Saint Louis Art Museum
