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Library Journal
Reviewed on July 1, 1996
Mixing a messy, process-based aesthetic of the Fifties with social engagement and overt political criticism better suited to the Sixties, Edward and Nancy Kienholz's assemblages occupy a unique place in the history of post-World War II American art. From the first 1954 abstract paintings that integrated assemblage but mocked artistry with their titles through life-size creations of the 1960s and 1970s that, for instance, re-created ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More