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Library Journal Review

This book is the catalog of the Phoenix Art Museum exhibit of the same title. Brilliantly colorful, this well-designed paperback is full of whimsy, fantasy, and the engaging simplicity of its images, the work of three extremely popular American artist/illustrators. The late Haring regarded Andy Warhol and Walt Disney as two of his art heroes. Kurtz, curator of 20th-century art at the Phoenix Art Museum, gathered the works for this show, many previously unseen. Haring's exuberant, lovable cartoon art serves as the glue uniting the work of the three artists. Brief but well-constructed essays on Disney, Haring, and Warhol serve to clarify the role of each in American popular culture. Recommended for academic, museum, and public library collections.-- David Bryant, Belleville P.L., N.J. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Booklist Review

Don't worry about the price tag; this is a deal. Its so-called paperback binding is made of heavy though flexible coated stock, and the spine's so strong the volume lies open flat. What's more and better is the fact that it's chock-full of superb color reproductions, one per foot-high page, of its titular subjects' works. Need one say more? Shouldn't have to, for the statement in one of the accompanying essays (which, though competent and informative for general readers, will be no great shakes to the cognoscenti, and have been poorly proofread) that Walt, Andy, and Keith are the most popular twentieth-century U.S. artists seems pretty indisputable and constitutes assurance that library patrons will ogle the tome. The selections from each artist's oeuvre are both varied and fresh (okay, that's hard to believe when Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck are so frequently these pictures' subjects, but these are not the most familiar mouse and duck mug shots), and the fact that the exhibition they went into was intended to captivate children makes for a sunny, amusing, and gregarious book. Just try to keep it cooped up on a shelf. ~--Ray Olson