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Asked why he painted pictures of pictures, Roy Lichtenstein replied that artists had, in a sense, always done so. The historical and actual power of the image is clear here, just as it is clear in Lichtenstein's iconic paintings, wherein he captured familiar objects with an exceptional graphic precision by way of the comic book. Whether he was representing a couch, a turkey, an artist's studio, or an emotional woman ("I don't care! I'd rather sink--than call Brad for help!"), Lichtenstein captured the essential cliché of the strong image. All About Art is all about Lichtenstein's lifelong fascination with and investigation of the image as image, a theme well borne out by the large group of pictures illustrated here in which different elements in the rhetoric of image formation are exposed: brushstrokes, stretchers, mirrors, graphic shorthand translations of other paintings, meticulous quotings of comic book imagery, flat iconic representations of commercial objects, etc. ZAP! BOOM! POW! to you. Accompanying texts include David Sylvester's last interview with Lichtenstein and an oral history of the artist, coordinated by Avis Berman.

Edited by Michael Juul Holm, Martin Caiger-Smith andPoul Erik Tøjner.~Essays by Avis Berman, Michael Lobel, Jack Cowart, David Sylvester andPoul Erik Tøjner.~Introduction by Susan Ferleger Brades.

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A good exhibition catalogue
Not as complete as the catalogue for the 1994-1996 retrospective (supervised by Diane Waldman), this catalogue for the 2003 exhibition at the Louisiana Museum in Denmark, the Hayward Gallery in London and the Reina Sofia in Madrid is nevertheless the best recent publication on Lichtenstein, encompassing his entire career, through enlightening essays (especially the one dealing with Pop Art according to Lichtenstein) and, above all, magnificent illustrations of seminal works (the 1961 Popeye, the 1962 Masterpiece, the 1963 In the Car, all in private collections and rarely seen). If you can still find a copy, it is definitely worth the investment. ... Read more

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In Hall of Mirrors, Graham Bader traces the development of Roy Lichtenstein's art into, through, and beyond his classic pop oeuvre of the 1960s. Bader charts the trajectory of Lichtenstein's practice from his student days in the late 1940s to his mirror paintings of the 1970s, offering new readings of such canonical paintings as Look Mickey and Girl with Ball as well as examinations of lesser-known works across a range of media. Bader's analysis goes beyond the standard critical view of pop as a reaction to the high-culture pieties of abstract expressionism. Instead, Bader sees Lichtenstein's work as motivated by the forces of "unoriginal originality"—Lichtenstein's discovery that he could make art by "borrowing" from other images—and "disembodied bodies"—his use of flattened and schematic forms to reinvigorate figurative painting. Bader argues that 1Look Mickey (1961), Lichtenstein’s inaugural pop work, established a template for the tension between embodiment and disembodiment that animates much of his 1960s practice: between an evacuation of sensory experience, on the one hand, and a repeated focus on emphatic bodily acts (squeezing, kissing, crying, etc.) on the other. A similar dialectical friction exists between Lichtenstein's process and product: consistently hand-painted canvases that increasingly feign the look of industrial production.

Hall of Mirrors moves chronologically, beginning with Lichtenstein's studies at Ohio State University and late-'50s moves toward pop, through his seminal canvases of the early 1960s, to his late-'60s experiments across sculpture, painting, installation, and film. The book ends with an examination of Lichtenstein's Mirror paintings of 1969–72. These little-discussed works, Bader argues, exemplify Lichtenstein’s late-'60s shift of focus to the embodied experience of his own viewers—and thus culminate and conclude his practice of the decade.

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Full-color photographs, art reproductions, and an informative text provide a close-up look at the life and work of Roy Lichtenstein, in a profile in which the artist discusses his techniques, the creative process, and his feelings about art. ... Read more

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Awesome
A cool examination of the conception, creation, execution and referents of a beautiful piece of public art. ... Read more

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Organized by the Contemporary Arts Center, thisexhibition catalogues represents preparatory sketches and drawings,collages and paintings by Roy Lichtenstein from 1985 to 1996.Thiswas the last museum exhibition which the artist was personallyinvolved before his death in 1997.The show traces his workingprocess from beginning sketches to the final paintings.46 pp, 31full color works, 1 gate-fold, essay by CAC curator David Brown andexhibition checklist.1997. ... Read more

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Whiz! Bang! Pop! Blam! Roy Lichtenstein has rendered everything from a comic-book cell and a warplane to a country landscape and a turkey in his trademark style drawn from printed advertisements and cartoons. A master mixer of popular culture and high art, Lichtenstein's painterly use of Benday dots and heavy outlines turned oil paintings into something they had never before come close to. This catalogue chronicles the evolution of his brushstroke and painterly style from the late 50s through the 90s, complete with photographs of the artist at work, and reproductions of paintings, drawings, and sculptures. Critic and scholar Dave Hickey's highly original and compelling personal essay challenges the way we traditionally think about Lichtenstein's art.
Essay by Dave Hickey.

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This digital document is an article from St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 155 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.Signed essays ranging from 500 to 2,500 words, written by subject experts and edited to form a consistent, readable, and straightforward reference. Entries include subject-specific bibliographies and textual cross-references to related essays. ... Read more