Monster Roster: Existentialist Art in Postwar Chicago - Softcover

Corbett, John; Dempsey, Jim; Moss, Jessica; Born, Richard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0935573488 ISBN 13: 9780935573480

Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 2016

Synopsis

Accompanying an exhibition at the University of Chicago’s Smart Museum of Art, this book is the definitive introduction to Chicago’s first artistic movement, the Monster Roster.

The volume includes an overview of the artists involved, such as Leon Golub, June Leaf, Seymour Rosofsky, and Nancy Spero; an introduction to the historical context surrounding the group’s emergence in the 1950s; and a discussion of Monster Roster prints. In addition, key texts can be found reprinted here, such as Jean Dubuffet’s 1951 lecture “Anticultural Positions” and Franz Schulze’s 1972 essay “Chicago: The Setting and the Group.” Containing full-color reproductions of many Monster Roster works, ephemera, and historical photographs, as well as a detailed chronology and exhibition history, Monster Roster is a long-awaited history of one of the most essential Midwestern contributions to American art.

About this title

About the Authors

John Corbett is the author of several books, including A Listener's Guide to Free Improvisation, Vinyl Freak: Love Letters to a Dying Medium, and Microgroove: Forays into Other Music. He is co-owner of Corbett vs. Dempsey, an art gallery in Chicago.

Jim Dempsey is cofounder and coowner of the gallery Corbett vs. Dempsey in Chicago.

Jessica Moss is curator of contemporary art at the University of Chicago's Smart Museum of Art.


Richard A. Born is senior curator at the University of Chicago's Smart Museum of Art.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0935573488
• ISBN 13: 9780935573480
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224