Hardcover. This is the first monograph on Chicago-based Hairy Who artist Suellen Rocca (born 1943), presenting her paintings, drawings and prints from the 1960s. Among her contemporaries, Roccas work is notable for its vocabulary of pictographic imagery inspired by consumer catalogues, magazine advertisements and childrens activity books.Featuring full-color plates of more than 50 artworks, virtually all of which are reproduced here for the first time, this volume presents a thorough overview of the artists work from 1964 to 1969. An essay by Dan Nadel traces Roccas artistic development, situating her within art history. Sarah Lehrer-Graiwers essay employs verse and prose to explore the thematic undercurrents of Roccas work. Completing the book are a bibliography and a narrative chronology of the artists life, illustrated with historical photographs and ephemera from her archive. Erratum: Page 38: The correct date for Bare Shouldered Beauty and the Pink Creature is 1965 (not 1968). Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Title: Suellen Rocca (Hardcover)
Publisher: Matthew Marks Gallery
Publication Date: 2017
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1944929010
ISBN 13: 9781944929015
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: new

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This is the first monograph on Chicago-based Hairy Who artist Suellen Rocca (born 1943), presenting her paintings, drawings and prints from the 1960s. Among her contemporaries, Rocca’s work is notable for its vocabulary of pictographic imagery inspired by consumer catalogues, magazine advertisements and children’s activity books.

Featuring full-color plates of more than 50 artworks, virtually all of which are reproduced here for the first time, this volume presents a thorough overview of the artist’s work from 1964 to 1969. An essay by Dan Nadel traces Rocca’s artistic development, situating her within art history. Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer’s essay employs verse and prose to explore the thematic undercurrents of Rocca’s work. Completing the book are a bibliography and a narrative chronology of the artist’s life, illustrated with historical photographs and ephemera from her archive.

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A lesser-known member of a lesser-known art movement - the bumptiously surrealistic Chicago Hairy Who of the nineteen sixties, Rocca is a find. (The Newyorker)

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