The Village Voice / Conrad Atkinson
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2004/2.36
- Title
- The Village Voice
- Artist
- Conrad Atkinson
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1940
- Medium and Support
- acrylic on canvas
- Object Creation Date
- 1988
- Object Creation Place
- Europe (continent)
- United Kingdom (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- Europe (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- United Kingdom (nation)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Jack A. and Noreen Rounick
- Dimensions
- 174 cm x 134.6 cm (68 1/2 in. x 53 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Painting
- Primary Object Type
- historical
- Secondary Object Classification
- Painting
- Secondary Object Type
- caricature
- Physical Description
- The cover format of the New York weekly newspaper The Village Voice is appropriated, with satirical headlines related to topical current events.
- Subject Matter
- One of a series of paintings in which Atkinson appropriates the front page formats of well-known newspapers in order to deliver darkly humorous commentaries on topics ranging from political double-speak and the threat of nuclear war to the position of the artist in contemporary society.
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- armed conflicts
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- people and culture
- people by occupation
- people in the arts
- people in the arts and related occupations
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- serials
- wars
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1760 x 2294
- File Size
- 537 KB
- Record
- 2004/2.36
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2004-sl-2.36/2004_2_36.jpg
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"The Village Voice; Conrad Atkinson." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2004-sl-2.36/2004_2_36.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.
