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Target practice : painting under attack, 1949-1978 / edited by Michael Darling.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Seattle : Seattle Art Museum, 2000.Description: 156 pages : illustrations (some colour), 1 map, facsimiles ; 31 cmISBN:
  • 9780932216649
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Target practice : painting under attack 1949-78 / Michael Darling -- This is not a painting : space exploration and postwar Italian art / Elizabeth Mangini -- Breaking through : Shōzō Shimamoto and the aesthetics of "Dakai" / Mika Yoshitake -- Modern painting, modern iconoclasm / Graham Bader
Summary: Target Practice is an international, historical survey of the attacks that painting endured in the years following World War II. For the artists in the show, painting had become a trap, and they devised numerous ways to escape the conventions and break the traditions that had been passed down to them over hundreds of years. This phenomenon occurred in all parts of the world, and the exhibition documents why artists felt compelled to shoot, rip, tear, burn, erase, nail, unzip and deconstruct painting in order to usher in a new way of thinking. The exhibition shows how well-known artists like Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol, as well as lesser-known peers around the globe, worked to undermine the supremacy and sanctity of painting. Comprised of more than 70 objects including documentary photographs and video, Target Practice presents a compelling way to appreciate the breakthroughs made by a new generation of artists in the fertile years between 1949 and 1978.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book CGLAS Library Red 759.06 DAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Checked out 18/03/2025 10289

Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Seattle Art Museum, 25 June - 7 September 2009.

Bibliography: page 152.

Target practice : painting under attack 1949-78 / Michael Darling -- This is not a painting : space exploration and postwar Italian art / Elizabeth Mangini -- Breaking through : Shōzō Shimamoto and the aesthetics of "Dakai" / Mika Yoshitake -- Modern painting, modern iconoclasm / Graham Bader

Target Practice is an international, historical survey of the attacks that painting endured in the years following World War II. For the artists in the show, painting had become a trap, and they devised numerous ways to escape the conventions and break the traditions that had been passed down to them over hundreds of years. This phenomenon occurred in all parts of the world, and the exhibition documents why artists felt compelled to shoot, rip, tear, burn, erase, nail, unzip and deconstruct painting in order to usher in a new way of thinking. The exhibition shows how well-known artists like Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol, as well as lesser-known peers around the globe, worked to undermine the supremacy and sanctity of painting. Comprised of more than 70 objects including documentary photographs and video, Target Practice presents a compelling way to appreciate the breakthroughs made by a new generation of artists in the fertile years between 1949 and 1978.