Roy Lichtenstein: Reflections - Hardcover

Waldman, Diane

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 8843572873 ISBN 13: 9788843572878

Publisher: Mondadori Electa, 2000

Synopsis

Language: - pages - - Volume pubblicato in occasione della mostra allestita presso il P.A.C. di Milano nel 2000. Testi di Diane Waldman. Edizione bilingue italiano/inglese. «Lichtenstein è stato interprete e traduttore senza pregiudizi di ogni forma di cultura del proprio tempo, dai classici del Novecento al fumetto, da Cézanne a Mondrian, da Topolino alle pagine pubblicitarie dei giornali. Egli ha studiato le tecniche grafiche e i contenuti semantici dei diversi linguaggi artistici, fino ad elaborare una lingua e un vocabolario visivo di soggetti con cui comporre opere che sono moderne icone del XX secolo».

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Synopsis:

The reflected image has fascinated Roy Lichtenstein throughout his career, and an exhibition in Rome last year was dedicated to this theme in his work. In the 1960s, Lichtenstein was interested chiefly in capturing the ephemeral character of the image, or in subverting its real nature through the use of materials like enamel and Rowlux paper. During the 1970s he moved from an image that already existed to an abstract form and, in doing so, forced observers to recreate the image of a mirror in their own minds by means of a series of abstract colours and forms. By the 1980s his reflections were already those of a mature artist who was looking back at his own past, confirming the notion that everything in art and life is simply a collection of reflections and illusions.

About this edition

• Publisher: Mondadori Electa
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 8843572873
• ISBN 13: 9788843572878
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 264