'House 1' (modeled 1996, fabricated 1998) by Roy Lichtenstein -- National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden NW Washington (DC) February 2021_DSC9690
Roy Fox Lichtenstein (1923 – 1997) was an American pop artist.
During the 1960s, along with Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns, and James Rosenquist among others, he became a leading figure in the new art movement. His work defined the premise of pop art through parody.
Inspired by comic strips, Lichtenstein produced precise compositions that documented while they parodied, often in a tongue-in-cheek manner.
His work was influenced by popular advertising and the comic book style. His artwork was considered to be "disruptive". He described pop art as "not 'American' painting but actually industrial painting".
Per the NGA website:
"Roy Lichtenstein may be best known for his 1960s pop art paintings based on advertisements and comic strips, yet he also produced a significant body of sculpture, including large-scale works designed for the outdoors.
'House I' incorporates the hallmarks of the artist's style: crisp, elemental forms, heavy black outlines, and a palette based on primary colors.
Whereas most of the artist's sculpture approximates freestanding paintings in relief rather than volumetric structures in the round, some of his late sculpture, such as House I, exploits the illusionistic effects of a third dimension.
The side of the house seems to project toward the viewer while actually receding into space. As a result, the object appears to move as you move past it. This intentionally plays with the laws of parallax, which govern the perspective of an observer moving past a fixed scene."
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'House 1' (modeled 1996, fabricated 1998) by Roy Lichtenstein -- National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden NW Washington (DC) February 2021_DSC9690
Roy Fox Lichtenstein (1923 – 1997) was an American pop artist.
During the 1960s, along with Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns, and James Rosenquist among others, he became a leading figure in the new art movement. His work defined the premise of pop art through parody.
Inspired by comic strips, Lichtenstein produced precise compositions that documented while they parodied, often in a tongue-in-cheek manner.
His work was influenced by popular advertising and the comic book style. His artwork was considered to be "disruptive". He described pop art as "not 'American' painting but actually industrial painting".
Per the NGA website:
"Roy Lichtenstein may be best known for his 1960s pop art paintings based on advertisements and comic strips, yet he also produced a significant body of sculpture, including large-scale works designed for the outdoors.
'House I' incorporates the hallmarks of the artist's style: crisp, elemental forms, heavy black outlines, and a palette based on primary colors.
Whereas most of the artist's sculpture approximates freestanding paintings in relief rather than volumetric structures in the round, some of his late sculpture, such as House I, exploits the illusionistic effects of a third dimension.
The side of the house seems to project toward the viewer while actually receding into space. As a result, the object appears to move as you move past it. This intentionally plays with the laws of parallax, which govern the perspective of an observer moving past a fixed scene."
DSC9690