how have images been circulated through print media and how does this change your perception of the image?
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Untitled (Paris Review), 1968
George Earl Ortman
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Lithograph
38 in x 25 in
University Museum of Contemporary Art at UMASS Amherst
Purchased with funds from the Art Acquisition Fund
UM 1970.69
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The House with the Mezzanine No. 1, 1991, Oleg Vassiliev
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Lithograph on cream paper
29 3/4 x 21 in.
Mead Art Museum at Amherst College
Gift of Joan Afferica, L. Clark Seelye Professor Emerita of History, Smith College
AC 2010.139
The silhouetted image contrasted against the grey columns of the newspaper in this piece recall propaganda through visual means and widely circulated text. By employing major themes such as print media and the history of Russian visual culture, Vassilev, who was known for his illustrative prints, re-works recognizable themes to collapse Russian history into one canvas. Through references to both Stalin and Lenin, as well as to the short story by Anton Chekhov whose title has been used for this piece, Vassilev creates a collage that critiques both popular imagery and popular print in Russia.
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Myths, 1981, Andy Warhol
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Silkscreen ink on synthetic polymer paint on canvas
100 x 100 inches
Collection: The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh
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Warhol’s Myths uses icons and symbols of pop culture to highlight a new vernacular that has grown in the latter half of the 20th century. The repetition of well-known figures and faces reflects the process through which these images have become so well known, and also alludes to the production of meaning and importance. Though many of these figures, such as Dracula and Mickey Mouse, are fictional, Warhol’s use of them in this piece acknowledges their importance in the cultural lexicon, while revealing the common use of fictional characters as the new icons of the modern age.
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Freedom, A Fable (A Curious Interpretation of the Wit of a Negress in Troubled Times with Illustrations), 1997, Kara Walker
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Artist's book
Closed: 9 1/4 x 8 1/4 x 5/8 in.
Collection Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, Massachusetts
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. James A. Muspratt, through the generosity of Regina Taylor and Peter Norton
SC 1998:2
The controversial artist Kara Walker (b. 1969) is known for her work depicting images of slavery. In her artist’s book, she continues her theme of black silhouettes popping up from printed background text. The figures seem to emerge from the text, threatening to break through the fragile boundary between Walker’s work and the real world.
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Amherst College Manifesto, 2008
Jonathan Meese
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Mixed media, collage, photograph, ink, xerox on seven sheets of paper
Mead Art Museum at Amherst College
Gift of the artist
AC 2008.78.a-g
Select images from the Amherst College Manifesto series
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