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Robert Indiana

Robert Indiana (1928 - 2018)

Robert Indiana was born in 1928. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Skowhegan School of Sculpture and Painting in Maine, and the Edinburgh College of Art in Scotland. Robert Indiana, one of the preeminent figures in American art since the 1960s, has played a central role in the development of assemblage art, hard-edge painting and Pop art. A self proclaimed “American painter of signs,” Indiana has created a highly original body of work that explores American identity, personal history and the power of abstraction and language, establishing an important legacy that resonates in the work of many contemporary artists who make the written word a central element of their oeuvre. 1966 marked a turning point in Indiana’s career with the success of his LOVEimage, which had been featured in a solo exhibition at the Stable Gallery. He passed away in 2018.