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Birth
1928 (New Castle, Indiana)
Death
Lived/Active
New York/Maine
© 2001 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Often Known For
hard-edged signs-calligraphy, pop objects, sculpture
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Categories of Interest
Modernism
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Born Robert Clark in New Castle Indiana, in 1928, Robert Indiana
adopted the name of his native state as a pseudonymous surname early in
his career. "There have been many American SIGN painters, but there
never were any American sign PAINTERS." This exercise in emphasis sums
up Robert Indiana's position in the world of contemporary art. He
has taken the everyday symbols of roadside America and made them into
brilliantly colored geometric Pop Art*.
In his work he has
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