A Conspiracy of Images

Informationen zum Autor

John J. Curley is assistant professor of art history at Wake Forest University.

Klappentext

In October 1962, a set of blurred surveillance photographs brought the world to the brink of nuclear apocalypse during the Cuban Missile Crisis. This scholarly consideration of the visual conditions of the Cold War provides a compelling transatlantic model for Cold War art history.

Autorentext

John J. Curley is assistant professor of art history at Wake Forest University.

Klappentext

An exploration of how the contrasting aesthetics of Andy Warhol and Gerhard Richter were informed by the political agency and ambiguity of images produced in the Cold War.

Zusammenfassung
An important new look at Cold War art on both sides of the Atlantic