Welcome to Painterland : Bruce Conner and the Rat Bastard Protective Association / Anastasia Aukeman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aukeman, Anastasia, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conner, Bruce, 1933-2008--Criticism and interpretation.

Conner, Bruce.

Conner, Bruce, 1933-2008.

Rat Bastard Protective Association.

Arts, American--California--San Francisco--19th century.

Arts, American.

Artists--California--San Francisco--History--19th century.

Artists.

Assemblage (Art)--California--San Francisco.

Assemblage (Art).

Assemblage (Art)--New York (State)--New York.

History.

Criticism and interpretation.

New York (State)--New York.

California--San Francisco.

Physical Description:

ix, 337 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2016]

Summary:

"The Rat Bastard Protective Association was an inflammatory, close-knit community of artists who lived and worked in a building they dubbed Painterland in the Fillmore neighborhood of mid-century San Francisco. The artists who counted themselves among the Rat Bastards--these included Joan Brown, Bruce Conner, Jay DeFeo, Wally Hedrick, Michael McClure, and Manuel Neri--exhibited a unique fusion of radicalism, provocation, and community. Geographically isolated from a viable art market and refusing to conform to institutional expectations, their work animated broader social and artistic discussions and over time became a transformative part of American culture."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

California modernism after World War II

The art of assemblage, New York-San Francisco

Rat Rastards in Painterland

Artist-run galleries of the Fillmore

The Rat Bastard Protective Association and the making of assemblage

"Woodshedding" years: the RBPA into the 1960s.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-298) and index.

ISBN:

9780520289451

0520289455

OCLC:

936687464