Acknowledgmentsbr Introduction 1 Amusements 2 Pop! 3 Fantasy Figures 4 Observations 5 Art for Others 6 Escapist Fantasies 7 Revisiting Art History 8 Encores and Premières: Blake in his Eighties Postscript: Collecting as an Art Chronology Solo Exhibitions Public Collections Selected Bibliography List of Illustrated Works Photo Credits Index
Marco Livingstone is an art historian, writer and independent curator who has written extensively on post-war painting and sculpture, particularly on Pop Art and figurative painting. His many publications include books and museum catalogues on David Hockney, Patrick Caulfield, R.B. Kitaj, Allen Jones, Clive Barker, Paula Rego, Peter Kinley, Adrian Berg, Duane Michals, Jim Dine, Tom Wesselmann, George Segal, Duane Hanson and Caroline Walker. Livingstone's Hockney's Portraits and People won the Sir Banister Fletcher Award for best book on the arts, and his other publications include Pop Art: A Continuing History, David Hockney and The Essential Duane Michals, all published by Thames & Hudson.
