ROY LICHTENSTEIN
11 December 2003 – 7 March 2004
BA-CA Kunstforum
fig.: Roy Lichtenstein:
Eddie Diptych, 1962 Eddie-Diptychon Öl auf Leinwand Sonnabend Collection © Estate of Roy Lichtenstein/VBK, Wien, 2003
The creative focus falls on the role dynamics of American society in the 1950s and 1960s with its idealised selfprojection, glorifying man the warrior as the defender of state and family and beside him a dream woman, always proper but seductive. Lichtenstein’s pictures serve as a mirror reflecting the condition of society, but at the same time continue to function as appealing visual worlds, full of charm and glamour...more culture >>>