Description
Fitzpatrick captures the emotions of artists and riders alike, as she explores paintings, photographs, performance art, graffiti, and public art by artists such as Walker Evans, Bruce Davidson, DONDI, Keith Haring, Yayoi Kusama, Jacob Lawrence, Reginald Marsh, Elizabeth Murray, and many others. She also considers representations of the subway in film, on song sheet covers, and in illustration. By examining the cultural, technological, and social contexts for these creative interpretations, Fitzpatrick illuminates in fresh ways the contradictions and harmonies between public and private space.
Featuring 17 color plates and 80 black-and-white images, Art and the Subway takes readers on a fascinating ride through the visual history of one of the twentieth century's greatest urban planning endeavors as it grew, changed form, and reinvented itself with passion and vitality.
About the Author
Tracy Fitzpatrick is an assistant professor in art history at Purchase College (SUNY) and a curator at the Neuberger Museum of Art in Purchase, NY.
Book Information
ISBN 9780813544526
Author Tracy Fitzpatrick
Format Hardback
Page Count 304
Imprint Rutgers University Press
Publisher Rutgers University Press
Weight(grams) 907g
Dimensions(mm) 254mm * 178mm * 28mm
Details
Subtitle: |
New York Underground |
Imprint: |
Rutgers University Press |
