JIM DINE, AMERICAN, OHIO, NEW YORK 1935-, TWO RED BOOTS ON A BLACK GROUND, 1965, Screenprint, 15 1/8 x 14 3/4 in. (38.4 x 37.5 cm.)

JIM DINE
AMERICAN, OHIO, NEW YORK, 1935-
TWO RED BOOTS ON A BLACK GROUND, 1965
Screenprint
Catalogue note:
Jim Dine studied at the University of Cincinnati and the Boston Museum School, earning a BFA at Ohio University in 1957. In 1958 he moved to New York City and soon began to participate—often in collaboration with artist Claes Oldenburg—in the Happenings that were designed to break down the barriers between "art" and "life." In the early 1960s Dine began to create collage paintings in which real objects—ranging from household appliances, tools, and bathroom fixtures to items of clothing such a suit or shoes—were affixed to the canvas or placed in relationship to it. Although Dine's subject matter has led to his being categorized as a Pop artist, there are significant differences. His work shows a greater emphasis on introspection and feeling, as well as an interest in painterly effects that he shares with the Abstract Expressionists. As the artist states, "Pop is concerned with exteriors. I'm concerned with interiors when I use objects, I see them as a vocabulary of feelings. I can spend a lot of time with objects, and they leave me as satisfied as a good meal. I don't think Pop artists feel that way."

Source: National Museum of American Art (CD-ROM) (New York and Washington D.C.: MacMillan Digital in cooperation with the National Museum of American Art, 1996) (via: https://americanart.si.edu/artist/jim-dine-1273)
Dimensions: 15 1/8 x 14 3/4 in. (38.4 x 37.5 cm.) Artist Name: JIM DINE Medium: Screenprint

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