Before Pictures

by Douglas Crimp

Douglas Crimp is the rare art critic whose work profoundly influenced a generation of artists. He is best known for his work with the "Pictures Generation"--the very name of which Crimp coined to define the work of artists like Robert Longo and Cindy Sherman who appropriated images from mass culture to carry out a subversive critique. But while his influence is widely recognized, we know little about Crimp's own formative experiences before "Pictures."...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022642345X
• ISBN13: 9780226423456
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.9" x 9.5"