Imagists

The foremost American member of the "Imagists" -- a group of poets that includes William Butler Yeats, Ezra Pound, Ford Madox

Makers of Madness A Play in One Act and Three Scenes Hermann Hagedorn 1923

Ed Paschke gained recognition in the 60s when he was working with a group of artists known as the "Imagists" that borrowed heavily from Pop art.

November 2004 2004

Jim Nutt is a lifelong Chicagoan, a founding member of the Hairy Who, and anchor to the Imagists.

Paul Klein: Powerful Jim Nutt Exhibit Opens at Chicago's MCA Paul Klein 2011

That has long characterized the Second City's art scene, as an ancillary exhibition at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, "Imagists in Context"—with works by Leon Golub, June Leaf, H.C. Westermann, and others—makes clear.

A Subtle Pop Tom L. Freudenheim 2011

Ms. Carr is the author of "The Verse Revolutionaries: Ezra Pound, H.D. and the Imagists."

Filial Piety Made New Helen Carr 2011

At a time when abstraction held sway, the Chicago Imagists, like the New York-centered Pop artists, employed recognizable images, often drawn from popular culture.

A Subtle Pop Tom L. Freudenheim 2011

If a "movement" is a loosely organized or heterogeneous group of people favoring a general common goal, the Chicago Imagists—now the subject of a stunning exhibition at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art—don't meet that definition.

A Subtle Pop Tom L. Freudenheim 2011

There's a great show of Chicago Imagists opening at the Madison Art Museum this weekend, which I'll discuss later.

Paul Klein: The Opening of Chicago's Fall Art Season Paul Klein 2011

If the Chicago Imagists' sensibility is often an in-your-face aesthetic, stretching the limits of our taste, it's also too smart to send out obvious messages.

A Subtle Pop Tom L. Freudenheim 2011

The Imagists, for example, saw themselves as a group with shared interests, aims, and methods, as did the Objectivists.

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