Roy Lichtenstein: 1923 - 1997, the Irony of the Banal - Couverture rigide

Hendrickson, Janis

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 3836531801 ISBN 13 : 9783836531801

Editeur : Taschen GmbH, 2011

Synopsis

Comic genius: One of the most important exponents of Pop Art

 

In the late 50s and 60s, American painter Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997) became one of the most important exponents of Pop Art—that movement which transformed products of mass consumption and the entertainment industry into subjects for art. This apotheosis of banal, everyday objects simultaneously constituted a criticism of the traditional elitist understanding of art.

Almost alone among artists, Lichtenstein pursued the question of how an image becomes a work of art. Wholly in keeping with the spirit of the Classical Modern, he held that it was not the "rank" of the picture’s subject that lends the picture its artistic character, but rather the artist’s formal treatment of it. To Lichtenstein, however, this position seemed far too broad to be seriously pursued.

Developed in the early 60s, Lichtenstein’s grid technique, with its allusion to the mass-production of graphic art, allowed the painter to give vent to his own artistic scepticism. In the 60s and 70s, Lichtenstein expanded his formal repertoire of techniques for creating distance and irony by means of an idiosyncratic process of abstraction and especially by his use of his numerous art quotations.

 

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Each book in TASCHEN’s Basic Art series features:

• a detailed chronological summary of the life and oeuvre of the artist, covering his or her cultural and historical importance
• a concise biography
• approximately 100 illustrations with explanatory captions

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

The author:
Janis Mink studied art history at Smith College and gained her doctorate in Hamburg under Martin Warncke. She is presently a writer and curator.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Taschen GmbH
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3836531801
• ISBN 13: 9783836531801
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 96
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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