Robert Indiana and American Image have completed the first draft of set and costumes for the landmark inspirational art book/performance/film, Voices of Hope. The 6′ by 6′ aluminum cubes are also the first look at Indiana’s new series “The Alphabet”… To be continued
January is Indiana’s interpretation of the first month of the year. Hand silkscreened on coventry rag paper. The work features a sparkling 70 micron silver dust layer on a snowy, white background. Celebratory, it has the feel of new fallen crystal snow or ice skating at Rockefeller Center.
34″ x 48″
Edition of 90
Hand Signed and Numbered by the Artist
A sumptuous blend of silvers, whites, blacks and silver greys, Night is a very personal and small edition in a large and stunning format.
34″ x 48″
Edition of 90
Hand Signed and Numbered by the Artist
Indiana’s first release of Israeli Hope, Tikva is destined to be an international classic.
30″ x 32″
Edition of 108
Hand Signed and Numbered by the Artist
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Voices of Hope – The Performance
“The artist who changed the world with four letters in the 60s, has done it again with the message of our times – HOPE.”
Kerry Sanders, The Today Show.
Robert Indiana, best known as a painter, sculptor and print maker, moves back
to theater for his first major production since designing sets and costumes
for Gertrude Stein’s opera Mother of Us All in 1976. Highly praised for his
remarkable costumes for the dancer Louis Falco’s Time Wright, Indiana’s
costumes and sets are, not surprisingly, in numerous museum collections, the
largest of which is at The McNay Museum on San Antonio. A poet in addition to
his plastic arts, this production not only uses Indiana’s art work to empower it
visually but explores his art, poetry, design and observations to create in effect a
theatrical piece that is both fictional/entertainment and biographical.
The multimedia piece is scheduled to be 75 minutes long and include moving
sculptures, Indiana costumes, changing sets, film projections, computer works,
poetry, music, performance art, dance and spoken word. Texts will include works
by Indiana, John Kelly, Michael McKenzie and Robert Creeley. Central character
of the show will be John Kelly, perhaps America’s most talented multimedia/
performance artist. Indiana, whose major masterpieces are often fueled by
coincidence, [Love happened after the artist found metal letters in his downtown
loft; Hope was inspired by the artist’s own spendorial residence, The Star of Hope]
mused “At the outset of my career my major collaborations were with [Ellsworth]
Kelly and now 50 plus years later I am collaborating with Kelly again.”
“Quirky, brilliant with some truly funny acting, such double takes haven’t been
seen since Buster Keaton.”
- John Rockwell, NY Times on John Kelly.
Emerging from the core avant-garde of New York’s Off-Off Broadway/Nightclub
and Gallery scene, Kelly has won praise for his work internationally and starred
in a recent film short, The Clerk’s Tale, written and directed by James Franco. The
production will be produced by American Image and Co-directed by Kelly and
Michael McKenzie, author of both best sellers [Madonna [SONY]; Saturday Night
Live!] and numerous influential art books [Art for The 80s [Abbeville]. A portrait
artist in words in pictures, McKenzie has frequently collaborated with other artists
including Mr. Indiana, Larry Rivers, Andy Warhol and Tom Wesselmann, among
others, and is Creative Director of American Image.
“Michael McKenzie is a magician who makes art appear.”
Truman Capote.
The production will be scheduled for a limited run in New York timed to a book of
the same name in late Spring 2012. A film release with collectable, dimensional
cover art by Mr. Indiana will be released in Fall, 2012. An insighful mini-biography
of Indiana and the development of the Hope Project is available online and the production aspires to have a biographical element in a poetic/aesthetic
sense.
“A pioneer of the Pop Art Movement, Indiana forged a signature style
incorporating bright, flat colors, thick bold lines and block text. His message is timeless, as well as of the moment.”
David Ebony, Art In America.
The Stainless steel HOPE created in 2008 for the DNC will grace the Hancock Building in Chicago in Fall 2011. The ribbon cutting date will be announced on Sept 1.
Michael McKenzie, American Image founder and author of Art For The 80s [Abbeville] which identified Haring, Sherman, Koons, Dickson, Otterness, Kiki Smith, Kruger, Basquiat, Prince Longo and other emerging artists of that decade, has teamed up with Carlo McCormick, author of numerous titles including the recent volume Trespass [Tashcen], a history of unauthorized outdoor art, will team up to make a landmark book, portfolio and traveling museum show. The object is to identify the next great movement of art, after Pop….artists and dates to be announced soon.
Bob Gruen is one of the most well-known and well respected photographers in the history of Rock ‘n’ Roll. After beginning to take concert photos in 1965, Gruen soon found himself photographing many of the biggest rockstars in the world. When John Lennon moved to New York in 1972, Gruen became John and Yoko’s personal photographer, documenting them constantly during their time in the United States. With his iconic photographs and work in rock magazines, Bob Gruen captured an era and left an indelible mark on rock history. Bob has worked with major rock bands such as Elton John, Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, Aerosmith, Tina Turner and the Who. He also toured with punk and new wave bands including the New York Dolls, Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Ramones, Blondie and The Patti Smith Group.
Although years in the works, HOPE was brought to a passionate finish by Indiana in support of Barack Obama, who we hope will be our next President. Indiana and American Image have donated all procedes from the print and the various HOPE products made for the campaign to Barack Obama’s run for Presidency and, while we generally stay in our little world of art, we find this election a critical one that will dramatically impact America’s future. We encourage you to take a stand, vote Obama.
“I am a painter, a maker of signs and a stacker”, Indiana explained in his studio, “these three things are central to my work.” It is fact that Indiana’s signmaking named The Love Generation and urban legend that John Lennon was inspired by Indiana’s work to write “All You Need Is Love”. With HOPE, Indiana takes on the most difficult task any artist could face – following up what is perhaps the most recognizable artwork of the 20th Century with a masterpiece powerful enough to emblaze the 21st Century. “HOPE and LOVE”, the artist mused upon seeing both in his studio for the first time, “make quite the pair.”
Indiana has put it in steel and it is up to us to live up to being ‘The HOPE Generation’. Help us elect Barack Obama.
A classic American Image Project, we have focused our team of writers, designers, master printers and gallery network on the works of this seminal Photorealist. The Cottingham Project includes a massive portfolio, a series of unique works in various mediums, two commissions from Developer Roy Stillman, an installation at Trump International Hotel, a major book, a documentary film and a travelling museum exhibition.
