LOVE, Red Blue - New Orleans, LA
N 29° 59.192 W 090° 05.696
15R E 780285 N 3320846
This LOVE is located in the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden, which is inside New Orleans City Park.
Waymark Code: WMD8CK
Location: Louisiana, United States
Date Posted: 12/04/2011
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American Robert Indiana (b. 1928) was one of the originators of Pop Art. This Red Blue LOVE was placed in the Besthoff collection in 2004. From the Sculpture Garden walking tour booklet about the artist and piece, it states
Indiana was a small group of artists in New York around 1960 who began incorporating advertisements, comics, billboards and other manifestations of popular culture into their art, thus creating Pop Art, a unique American style. Indiana's love of literature caused him to monumentalize letters and words in his paintings and sculptures. His most famous is LOVE, which has become a pop icon, even appearing on a U.S. postage stamp.
Title: LOVE Red Blue
Artist: Robert Indiana
Media (materials) used: Aluminum with acrylic polyurethane enamel
Location (specific park, transit center, library, etc.): Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden
Date of creation or placement: 1966-1997
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