Anonymous ID: 29ed6f April 23, 2021, 8:27 p.m. No.13499628   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>9641

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So it's Chicago and not NY?

 

"Robert Indiana: The Story Behind LOVE and HOPE

 

Best known for his iconic LOVE series, which has been reproduced in formats ranging from large public sculptures to postage stamps, Robert Indiana (1928 – 2018) explores the American experience using everyday objects and language. His work integrates non-art materials, ordinary language, and commercially-inspired graphic designs with more traditional elements of fine art. When asked about his LOVE series he says “oddly enough, I wasn’t thinking at all about anticipating the love generation and hippies. It was a spiritual concept. It isn’t a sculpture of love any longer. It’s become the very theme of love itself.”

 

In 2008 he revisited his iconic LOVE work and recast the sculpture as another four letter word: HOPE. He then used this image to create extensive merchandise from t-shirts to pins in support of Barack Obama’s presidential campaign. “I was hoping to help him,” says Indiana. “I was hoping Obama would fare well, and he did.”"

 

https://www.guyhepner.com/robert-indiana-the-story-behind-love-and-hope/