1964
Break-up with Kelly and the birth of LOVE
After parting from Ellsworth Kelly, Indiana reworks an earlier, cruder version of the piece (according to the art historian Susan Elizabeth Ryan, in 1964 it was a far more explicit four-letter word beginning with F, its second letter, a U, tilted to the right) into the famous stacked LOVE with its tilted O, and sends the first cards to friends and acquaintances in the art world. Its red, blue and green are thought to nod to Kelly’s colours, and the relationship was not made public until 2013.
1966
LOVE exhibition at the Stable Gallery
For his solo show devoted to the LOVE series, the first silkscreen of the image is printed as the gallery’s exhibition poster.
27. června 1968 – 6. října 1968
Exhibition: 4. documenta
summer 1969
Rents the upper floor of “The Star of Hope” on Vinalhaven
Visiting the Life photographer Elliot Elisofon on the island of Vinalhaven, he begins renting the upper floor of the hundred-year-old Victorian Odd Fellows Hall, “The Star of Hope.” He was drawn to the order’s insignia of three interlocking links: truth, friendship and, the important one in the middle, love.
1978
Moves to Vinalhaven for good
Losing his lease on the Bowery, he moves into “The Star of Hope” full-time: from this year he lives and works on the island in Maine.
1998
Retrospective 1958–1998 in Nice
The Musée d’Art Moderne et d’Art Contemporain in Nice shows a retrospective of his work from 1958 to 1998.