Roy Lichtenstein: Girls

Yesterday, I stopped by the Gagosian Gallery (Madison Avenue near 77th Street) to check out their exhibit (which closes June 28th) “Roy Lichtenstein: Girls.” The show consisted of a small selection of Lichtenstein’s paintings of women, which he took directly from newspaper advertisements and comic books in the post-war era. It’s amazing how he elevated the status of mass-produced, everyday art by using paint, putting it on canvas and bringing it into galleries and museums. Also, it is incredible how his Pop Art paintings are still relevant in our increasingly technological age. For example, looking at his Benday Dots and how he sometimes uses red and blue dots together to give the illusion of purple from far away reminds of how CMYK process colors work with printers today. Here is an example from a work in the exhibit, along with the poster from the exhibit.

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