Monday, August 27, 2012

Retrospective

There is a retrospective of Roy Lichtenstein's art at the Art Institute in Chicago, which I had an opportunity to see while dropping Boy-child off at school. I've always liked his work but the retrospective taught me a lot of things I hadn't known before. It's a great show.

Here are a few highlights:

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2 comments:

  1. kmkatAugust 27, 2012 at 11:49 AM

    What did you learn? (I know little or nothing about Lichtenstein.)

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  2. soxanneAugust 27, 2012 at 4:13 PM

    I didn't know that he dabbled in so many different styles - inspired by (and sometimes making fun of) other artists' work, and I didn't know that he started out as a Pop Artist (as in, he didn't work his way into it from a different type of art). I never realized that the Micky Mouse with Daffy Duck piece, specifically, was so important to the Pop Art movement.
    http://www.nga.gov/fcgi-bin/timage_f?object=71479&image=18014&c=20centpa

    I especially loved the pieces based on Picasso's work.

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