Iconic pop artist, ‘Indiana’ dies at 89

May 22, 2018 Annie Nunley

By Photo: Whgler, Sculpture: Robert Indiana [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], from Wikimedia Commons

Vinalhaven, Me. — Pop artist Robert Indiana, known for his iconic “LOVE” sculpture died at his seaside Maine home over the weekend, he was 89.

A native of New Castle, Indiana, he was born Robert Clark in September of 1928. “Indiana” became frustrated with the New York City art scene and moved to Maine in 2009.