American Art 1975-1995 from the Whitney Museum/Arte Americana 1975-1995 Dal Whitney Museum1997

"America 1975-1995, loved and hated by artists who each in their own style have questioned the American dream; the crisis of consciousness which moved them during the Vietnam war; their critical stance regarding mass culture, the violence of racial conflict, and the inherent contradiction of the social system; the difficult relations they perceived between the individual and society. This volume presents the work of those artists who, by their efforts, influenced and altered the principal trends in American art over the last twenty years. The selection is made from among the most significant works in the permanent collection of New York's Whitney Museum of American Art, considered the most important museum in the world dedicated to American art of this century. The book begins with an...