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Sep 3, 2012 · In restating the mass-produced image by means of an insistently handmade, painterly process, he confounded the notion of the readymade and forever expanded and altered our understanding of how a painting can be made, how it should look, and how we define the artist in our society.
Dec 27, 2023 · Why did Lichtenstein choose to go in the direction of Pop Art as the 1950s were drawing to a close? One could point to certain biographical details as harbingers.
It was the first major retrospective to broadly examine his art since his death. Lichtenstein is a figure of monumental importance in the recent history of art. His contribution—the still-potent collision of commercial sources and fine art—defined the enduring legacy of Pop Art.
Roy Lichtenstein is one of the foremost pop artists. His work broke with the canons of Abstract Expressionism in the 1960s by mimicking the techniques of printed material as well as appropriating imagery from comic strip advertisements.
The inclusion of a complete chronology of Lichtenstein’s life and work—compiled by Clare Bell of the Lichtenstein Foundation—makes this retrospective the most authoritative publication on the artist since his death in 1997.
Oct 18, 2012 · “Roy Lichtenstein: A Retrospective,” a traveling exhibition now at the National Gallery of Art here, is the first major survey of his work since his death, at 73, in 1997.
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Jun 28, 2012 · But instead of creating, the Pop master Roy Lichtenstein was intent on an act of destruction. Using a matte knife, Lichtenstein — who had long been a household name for his Benday dot...
