{"product_id":"9780935573480","title":"Monster Roster: Existentialist Art in Postwar Chicago","description":"\u003cp\u003eAccompanying an exhibition at the University of Chicago’s Smart Museum of Art, this book is the definitive introduction to Chicago’s first artistic movement, the Monster Roster.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe volume includes an overview of the artists involved, such as Leon Golub, June Leaf, Seymour Rosofsky, and Nancy Spero; an introduction to the historical context surrounding the group’s emergence in the 1950s; and a discussion of Monster Roster prints. In addition, key texts can be found reprinted here, such as Jean Dubuffet’s 1951 lecture “Anticultural Positions” and Franz Schulze’s 1972 essay “Chicago: The Setting and the Group.” Containing full-color reproductions of many Monster Roster works, ephemera, and historical photographs, as well as a detailed chronology and exhibition history, \u003ci\u003eMonster Roster\u003c\/i\u003e is a long-awaited history of one of the most essential Midwestern contributions to American art.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Smart Museum of Art, the University of C","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47028724596976,"sku":"9780935573480","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780935573480_p0.jpg?v=1763862087","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780935573480","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}