Go See: Lichtenstein at Gagosian, NY, through June 28
May 20th, 2008
Roy Lichtenstein via Gagosian Gallery
From May 12 through June, 28 Gagosian Gallery in New York is hosting the exhibition of Roy Lichtenstein, “Girls.” The works are a series of images of women, taken directly from newspaper and romance comic books from post-war in America.
Gagosian Gallery
Roy Lichtenstein, “Girls” [Time Out]
Lichtenstein’s Primary Ladies [NY Sun]
The “Girl” paintings are a central part of what has made Lichtenstein a major figure of the American Pop Art movement. Roy Lichtenstein was born in 1923 in New York, and died in 1997. Regarding this work, the artist said: “The kind of girls I painted were really made up of black lines and red dots. I see it that abstractly, that it’s very hard to fall for one of these creatures, to me, because they’re not really reality to me. However, that doesn’t mean that I don’t have a clichéd ideal, a fantasy ideal, of a woman that I would be interested in. But I think I have in mind what they should look like for other people.”
Roy Lichtenstein via Gagosian Gallery
Roy Lichtenstein via Gagosian Gallery
Blond waiting via Gagosian Gallery
