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Crawford, Holly,

Attached to the mouse : Disney and contemporary art / Holly Crawford. - xv, 212 pages ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The mouse : debut, copyright and referenced -- Artists and the mouse : humor, attachment and the gambit -- It all started with a mouse -- Nostalgia mouse -- Next stop Main Street Disneyland, the mouse televised & themed -- Love and hate, the mouse and the critics after Disneyland -- Portraits and the Mickeyfied -- It's a Grim(m) world after all -- Conclusions. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

"Attached to the Mouse is the first art history analyzing use of Disney imagery by such contemporary artists as Lichtenstein, Oldenburg, Warhol, Chagoya, Thiebaud, Helnwein, Boltanski, Dion, and Pensato. This book explores the impact of Disney, including artists' economic and psychological motivations, on contemporary art."--BOOK JACKET.

ISBN: 0761834745 9780761834748

LCCN: 2006924063

Subjects--Personal Names:
Mickey Mouse (Fictitious character)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Disney characters in art
Art, Modern--20th century
Popular culture

LC Class. No.: N8224.M47 / C73 2006

Dewey Class. No.: 701.03