Roy Lichtenstein

Lichtenstein was a leading figure in the pop art movement, originally focusing on comic book strips then still in his same style moved on to capturing emotion and work of landscapes.

Two things interested me about Lichtenstein's work, firstly the way that he capture a moment of interaction, many of women. his pop art style and use of speech marks unlike other artist gives an incite to the people in the work. Being able to capture a moment of social interaction is something I would like to explore further. The bold pop art style makes his work extremely accessible to a wide audience. And his comic book style on capturing a moment support this accessibility. The ascetics of his pictures are clear and simple, this is why I believe so many people are fans of his work.

Also the amount of controversy that is work created lead to huge amounts of social interaction, his work got a lot of negative press this lead to split opinions and interaction between public opinion, critical opinions and what Lichtenstein was trying to create. Although this was not his intention of his work I think its extremely interesting how much interaction this work created.

After seeing his work in real life at the Tate, I was blow away by the size of his work and how sharp everything was. The precision of the dots and brightness of the colours really makes his work stand out from other artist.

http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/exhibition/lichtenstein?gclid=CKqt2af6zrYCFVMftAod_nsALQ

Lichenstein was working a a time of great Revelation, in 1960's was a a time great freedom and the sexual revation. All forms of art were coming a lot more free, bold and powerful, I think this is clearly reflected in Lichenstein's work. However this was a time of empowering women, due to women being able to control getting pregnant for the first time due to 'the pill' it could be argued that Lichenstien's work empowers women due to them being the fores of some of his most famous piece. Alternatively it could be seen as objectifying them. Lichtenstien create an image of the idea women.