#look mickey

[frankdam]

I hate Disney, but I love Donald Duck.

[notinthehistorybooks]

On this day, in 1962, the art of Roy Lichtenstein was featured in his first solo show in New York City. The collection -- which was all bought before the show began -- included "Look Mickey". The piece included Ben-Day dots, speech balloons and comic imagery that Lichtenstein would known for throughout his career.

[artinventory]

Roy Lichtenstein, "Look Mickey," 1961. Philadelphia Museum of Art, part of the "International Pop" exhibit open February 24th thru May 15th.

[jamieroxx]

Today in History: Feb 10, 1962 – Roy Lichtenstein's first solo exhibition opened, and it included Look Mickey, which featured his first employment of Ben-Day dots, speech balloons and comic imagery sourcing, all of which he is now known for. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Look_Mickey) *Probably my Favorite of the classic Pop Artists

[pelhamcommunications]

The first exhibition of American pop-artist Roy Lichtenstein opened on 10 February 1962.

The exhibition opened at Leo Castelli gallery in New York and featured one of Lichtenstein’s most famous works Look Mickey. The painting was created in a period of Lichtenstein’s career that lasted from 1960 to 1965. In these years Lichtenstein moved away from his abstract painting and began producing works that featured imagery and characters from popular culture.

Look Mickey was the first of Lichtenstein’s works to comprise several of the attributes for which he was most famous, including Ben-Day dots, speech marks and imagery from comics. These would remain key aspects of Lichtenstein’s pop-art and can be seen in other famous works, such as Whaam! and Drowning Girl.

The New York exhibition was the beginning of Lichtenstein’s rise to fame. His humorous appropriations of comic strip and cartoon imagery proved very popular and in 1963 Lichtenstein became the first American artist to exhibit at Tate, London.

Look Mickey is now housed in the Washington National Art Gallery and his highly valued for its impact within the Pop-Art movement as well as within the trajectory of modern art more generally.

[stocksandsports]

Comic Books in the Mainstream | Roy Lichtenstein's First Solo Exhibition

Comic Books in the Mainstream | Roy Lichtenstein’s First Solo Exhibition

On this day in 1962, the (at that time not well known) pop artist Roy Lichtenstein had his first solo exhibition at the Carlebach Gallery in New York, which included one of his centerpiece works: Look Mickey.  Some of these earlier pieces including Look Mickey, featured his first employment of Ben-Day dots, speech balloons and comic imagery sourcing.  All of these would become some of the…

View On WordPress

[artforeveryone]

Roy Lichtenstein - Look Mickey, 1961

[theyushinist]

Roy Liechtenstein: Quotes & Art back2back

It's pop time! Because, 90 years ago this day, Roy Liechtenstein was born.

Pop art. Or the first memes. Or just female hysteria on comic strips.

Words and images by Roy:

I like to pretend that my art has nothing to do with me.

In America, the biggest is the best.

I don't have much anxieties. I wish I did. I'd be much more interesting.

I think that most people think painters are kind of ridiculous, you know?

Long live pop art! Long live Roy!