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Inspiration from Artists Week 44 : Iosif Derecichel and Roy Lichtenstein.
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Sureness of line, purity of colour, impact - that was Lichtenstein. He made some of the most iconic images (the word 'iconic' is much abused, but I think it's apt in this case) of the 20th century, and while the snobbish part of me asks the "is it art?" question, I just enjoy his work and have from the first moment I saw it. Subtlety is not to be expected, but it's art that hits you smack in the eye, and there's an honourable place for that.
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His work certainly has impact. I admire some Pop Art, he's not my favorite Pop Artist but he certainly made his mark in that genre. A while back there was a TV series by a reformed (and ex-jailed) art forger, each week he produced a painting by various famous artists. Lichtenstein was one. I got the impression he thought it would be easy, and soon found out it wasn't. Lichtenstein's source material was often comics made with cheap newsprint. He apparently reproduced the dots that this print system makes by creating a stencil for these dots, obviously painted in a much larger format. The ex-forger created his own stencil, and pretty much made a hash of the painting.
It's often the case that 'simple' just isn't. I came away from that with a renewed respect for the artist's skills.
The point of pop-art is to reflect popular culture. Lichtenstein certainly did that. A good choice for this thread.
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Good intro., Lucian. As Lewis has said, his work definitely has impact, although his comic-strip style doesn’t really appeal to me. Not too keen on Pop Art in general (although I do like Andy Warhol). Apparently ‘Masterpiece’ was the most expensive of his artworks, selling for $165 million in 2017. I was surprised how big it is.
I like these, they’re more subtle than most of his work.
I like these, they’re more subtle than most of his work.
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Good to see such a different style. I remember going to see an exhibition of his work nearly 20 years ago in London with my daughter. It was very impressive at the time, especially seeing the size of his work which certainly smacks you in the eye.
I didn’t realise that he was a sculptor as well.
Although I enjoyed seeing his work in exhibition, I can’t say that any of the above appeals to me now. My taste must have changed over the years!
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Not a fan of pop art myself (mainly because the impact is too immediate and I like to see new things each time I look at a painting), but I did very much enjoy learning about the man himself and his techniques in this interesting documentary by Melvyn Bragg: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjJxcrjMlwU (apols for Youtube link; YT is becoming unusable these days due to ads every few seconds).
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Lucian thank you for you informative introduction to this artist it’s always good to have background knowledge of the artist where possible. I cannot get enthused about his artwork it doesn’t appeal to me and I find it uninteresting which surprises me a bit as I taught my self to draw by copying comic strips as a child . I think as we get older out tastes change and we develop different tastes I’m many thing including art, music etc, what I do acknowledge is his skill . It would be very boring if we all liked and promoted the same things . No apologies needed for the link Martin as it relevant to the subject and not a advertisement link.
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Apparently ‘Masterpiece’ was the most expensive of his artworks, selling for $165 million in 2017. I was surprised how big it is.Yes, and an interesting fact about this painting (from Wikipedia) is that it was based on a comic book panel with the two subjects positioned similarly to their position here, but they were situated in a car. In the source image the narrative content of the speech balloon said, "But someday the bitterness will pass..." I want to share a few more of his works (both paintings and sculptures) because I consider him to be one of the few artists (I've found so far) who got me very interested in postmodern art. The series of paintings calledBull (I to VI)
The Valve (one of his earlier works)
Bedroom at Arles
Hopeless
Non-objective I (a Pop Art take on Mondrian's style)
Perfect painting (I like these a lot as I am also a fan of Neoplasticism)
Interior with mirrored wall (a work from his later years)
Tel Aviv mural
... and a couple more sculptures:
Brushstrokes in flight
Brushstroke chair and ottoman
Sorry for posting so many of his works, but I don't think I will find another painter who has made such a powerful impression on me anytime soon (I could be wrong though).
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Martin = AdBlock for YouTube works VERY well.Many many thanks Robert. Just installed for Firefox and working a treat! Lucian, thanks for your detailed introduction Lewis, you're quite right about the amount of technical work involved in producing this work. That documentary goes through some of the process. BTW I couldn't watch the Bragg documentary without thinking how much Roy Lichtenstein looks like a younger Richard Dawkins. OK, enough off-topic for one post (sorry Lucian)