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

Hendrickson, Janis

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 3836532077 ISBN 13 : 9783836532075

Editeur : Taschen GmbH, 2016

Synopsis

American painter Roy Lichtenstein (1923–1997) pioneered a new epoch in American art, bursting onto a scene dominated by Abstract Expressionism in late 1950s New York and defining a new art vocabulary for a new era.With his groundbreaking use of industrial production techniques and trivial, quotidian imagery such as cartoons, comic strips, and advertising, Lichtenstein joined contemporaries such as Andy Warhol and James Rosenquist to reflect and satirize American mass media and consumer culture. Works such as Look, Mickey! (1961), Drowning Girl (1963), and Whaam! (1963) deployed mass production techniques, particularly Ben-Day dots printing, to create a blow-up effect and pixelated “dot” style, with which Lichtenstein has become synonymous.This book provides an essential overview of Lichtenstein’s career, tracing his earliest Pop statements through to later “brushstroke” retorts to Abstract Expressionism and reinterpretations of modern masterpieces. We look at his leading position in midcentury modernism, and the ways in which his works both critique and chronicle 20th-century America.

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À propos de l'auteur

Janis Hendrickson studied art history at Smith College and gained her doctorate in Hamburg under Martin Warnke. She is presently a writer and curator.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Taschen GmbH
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3836532077
• ISBN 13: 9783836532075
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 95
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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