This kaleidoscopic exhibition catalog celebrates Lichtenstein's multifaceted
career-from his iconic achievements in the Pop Art movement and beyond. Published
to mark the centennial of Lichtenstein's birth this retrospective volume is brimming with
brilliant reproductions that highlight the entirety of the artist's oeuvre. It features the
acclaimed works that helped establish 1960s pop art-panels inspired by comic strips and
advertising which send up societal stereotypes. It looks at his pioneering use of painted
benday dots and carefully drawn and in-filled brushstrokes his interiors and landscapes
re-stagings of still lifes his expansion into sculpture and ceramics and works that pay
homage to famous artists such as Picasso Monet and Van Gogh. Throughout this magnificent
catalog readers will come to appreciate not only Lichtenstein's vibrant and dynamic use of
color line and texture but also how his continuing confrontation with the visual language of
popular culture and consumerism continues to resonate today.
