American Short Stories: Saul Steinberg/Raymond Pettibon.MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART Saul Steinberg Noun 1. Saul Steinberg - United States cartoonist (born in Romania) noted for his caricatures of famous people (1914-1999) Steinberg and Raymond Pettibon might seem to come from separate planets--the one the emigre cosmopolite COSMOPOLITE. A citizen of the world; one who has no fixed. residence. Vide Citizen. whose drawings for the New Yorker amused and fascinated sophisticates for nearly sixty years, the other the expert in LA grunge grunge - /gruhnj/ 1. That which is grungy, or that which makes it so. 2. [Cambridge] Code which is inaccessible due to changes in other parts of the program. The preferred term in North America is dead code. , master of the iconology i·co·nol·o·gy n. The branch of art history that deals with the description, analysis, and interpretation of icons or iconic representations. i·con of Charles Manson, an artist grounded in comic books and punk. But as MoCA director Bonnie Clearwater points out, "They are both philosophically based; both address social critique and popular culture; and both were known first through reproduction, Steinberg through the New Yorker, Pettibon through 'zines and record covers." Clearwater adds that the highly literate Pettibon is an admirer of Steinberg, and given the current interest in illustrational drawing, the pairing is obvious--right? Sept. 19-Nov. 16. |
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