As you can see from the above two pieces of art, Roy Lichtenstein is a visual artist, the two pieces of art were created by the use of “Ben-day dots”, you will soon or if haven’t yet realized it Lichtenstein did all his art work using this device. The commercial use of Ben-day dots” allows advertising to take posters to the next step. Advertising could now have large scale posters on buildings and relatively cost effective. Lichtenstein wanted his art work to relate to items and places to the outside world. Roy Lichtenstein had on many occasions gone into a comic book store and buys hundreds just so he could read them and hopefully get inspired from them. He was a realist, didn’t expect much from other people.
“Whaam” was created in 1966; this was a time when tensions were high. The cartoon and comic heroes were playing a vital role. Lichtenstein took these actions and manipulated them to his own personal mind of thinking. In many situations the out come was one of action, he wanted to appeal to the younger generation. “Whaam” does this.
Lichtenstein revolutionized art it self. He modernized art with the use of pop art. Out of the three most well known artist’s (Robert Rauschenberg, Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein) Lichtenstein is the most visual out of them.
Explosion 1965 another action piece of Lichtenstein’s art, he started off borrowing explosions and action sequences from comics and painted them. While Lichtenstein was painting this explosion, the Cuban missile crisis we beginning to be come publicized. The painting represented it. Roy Lichtenstein illustrates real life situations and portrays them in his art paintings. He is not doubt no of the most expressive and realistic artist around to date.
Mustard on White 1963, this painting is another fine example how Lichtenstein managed to manipulate an item and turn it into art. As you can tell he uses the “Ben-Day dots” in nearly every piece of art. Some people believe that Roy Lichtenstein isn’t a versatile artist; I believe that not many artists are versatile. To be an artist you have a special field in which you specialize in. You can spend all your life studying it and still not become an expert.
I believe that Roy Lichtenstein is the most impressive and visual pop artist around. I’ve shown you five pieces paintings in this essay. Roy Lichtenstein has achieved a lot and has earned a lot of money from his art. Roy Lichtenstein paints sculptures and a lithographer. He focuses mainly on painting but through his life he has found other passions like sculpture. He’s taught and inspected, he has a broad mind on art. Roy Lichtenstein is one of the most successful artists around; he has and had numerous amounts of exhibitions throughout the world. Roy Lichtenstein has brought art to the 20th and 21st century, there is no doubt that he is one of the greatest artists on the planet.
