A Conspiracy of Images: Andy Warhol, Gerhard Richter, and the Art of the Cold War
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Review Chosen as a "recommended read" -- Espionart (an art and the Cold War blog)“Curley's thoughtful and carefully researched book promotes Warhol and Richter to positions of cultural centrality, thereby deepening our understanding not only of their work but of their perilous times—and ours.”—Richard Kalina, Art in America (Richard Kalina Art in America) Read more About the Author John J. Curley is assistant professor of art history at Wake Forest University. Read more
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An incisive and thoughtful interpretation of two major figures in post-war art. Anyone interested in Warhol and Richter as artists will see how much of their work in the 1960s operated in response to contemporary social and political issues, and anyone interested in the politics of the Cold War will see how nuclear tensions pervaded everyday life and everyday art.