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Roy Lichtenstein : 1923-1997, the irony of the banal / Janis Hendrickson.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Basic art series 2.0Publication details: Köln : Taschen, [2016]Edition: English editionDescription: 95 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 27 cmISBN:
  • 9783836532075
Uniform titles:
  • Roy Lichenstein : Die Ironie des Banalen. English
Contained works:
  • Lichtenstein, Roy, 1923-1997. Works. Selections
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 709.2 23
Summary: In the late 50s and 60s, American painter Roy Lichtenstein 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 apotheois 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.
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Reference The Harden Library, King's Hospital Art Room Art Room (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available

Originally published: 1994.

Translated from the German.

Formerly CIP. Uk

In the late 50s and 60s, American painter Roy Lichtenstein 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 apotheois 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.

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