ROY LICHTENSTEIN "BRUSHSTROKE" EXHIBITION POSTER, 1965 unique robert mapplethorpe 13”H 18”W (image)

13”H 18”W (image)

Color woodcut

This exhibition acted as an introduction to the New York School of postwar avant-garde artists

"Birth Tear/Tear" is associated with Chicago's "Birth Project

faces and events from Coney Island to the Bowery and Greenwich Village

ROY LICHTENSTEIN "BRUSHSTROKE" EXHIBITION POSTER, 1965 unique robert mapplethorpe 13”H 18”W (image)Roy Lichtenstein (1923 1997) was one of the most successful and influential artists of the 20th century, helping pioneer and define Pop Art in the 1960's. Lichtenstein's signature style mined images from comic books and advertisements, elevating them beyond their humble sources. He emphasized the artificiality of his images by mimicking the look of commercial press production, raising important questions (via Pop art) about appropriation, parody,