CORY REYNOLDS | DATE 2/10/2013

Jim Dine: Be Mine

In MFA Boston's stunning exhibition catalog for Jim Dine, Printmaker: Leaving My Tracks, an entire chapter is given over to the artist's iconic use of stylized hearts. Dine comments, "I consider myself a romantic artist. And my romance is often about the fact that I'm an artist. I'm romantic about the way I put down red, for instance. One of the kids said, in the sixties when they were at a show with me and there was this whole wall of hearts, 'My dad's in love.' But it's true, I'm in love—with making art, and working, working." Featured image, the 1971 lithograph, screen print, blockprint and collage, "The World (for Anne Waldman)," is reproduced from Jim Dine, Printmaker.