Further Reading
For further reading on the Chicago Imagists, check out this biblioguide of books and resources available through The Indianapolis Public Library.
Chicago Imagist Art: The Robertson-Slapak Collection
Chicago Imagist Art: The Robertson-Slapak Collection
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The Chicago Imagists were a group of young artists who studied together at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in the mid-1960s. Today, they are widely regarded among the most important postwar American artists. Chicago Imagism was not a movement, nor does it describe a singular style. Take in these vivid and unusual paintings and a sculpture and learn about how the term applies to a general artistic sensibility that arose in the city at the time.
This exhibition features a selection of seven important works given to the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields by Drs. Michael J. Robertson and Christopher A. Slapak.
Most works included in Chicago Imagist Art: The Robertson-Slapak Collection were exhibited in the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields in Private Eye: The Imagist Impulse in Chicago Art from May 21 through December 5, 2021
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Indianapolis Museum of Art Galleries at Newfields
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Roger Brown (American, 1941–1997), Winter Storm, 1993, oil on canvas, 48 × 72 × 2 in. Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, Gift from the Collection of Michael J. Robertson and Christopher A. Slapak in honor of Jane and Andrew Paine, 2019.42 © The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Brown family. Courtesy of Kavi Gupta and Venus Over Manhattan.