Roy Lichtenstein
18/March/2008 |
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I've been a fan of Roy Lichtenstein's comic book pop
art for years. I always wondered how many of his
paintings were taken from comic books and did he copy
the comic panels directly or make changes to them to
improve the composition? Well now there are some
answers, thanks to David Barsalou and his Deconstructing Roy
Lichtenstein project. Originally an exibit
at the Springfield Massachusetts Gallery, he now
has a flickr site that contains a ton of the
source material. It's an interesting
deconstruction of the wonderful work
Lichtenstein created.
A really interesting read is the Great Bazooka Bubble Gum Wrapper Myth of 1961, A look into the controversy over whether Lichtenstein stole Andy Warhol's idea. Neat.
"... So, I went home and called Andy - no, I think, I went right over to Andy's house... and so, I said, 'Prepare yourself for a shock.' And he said, 'What?' I said, 'Castelli has a closet full of comic paintings.' And he said, 'You're kidding?!' And he said, 'Who did them?' And I said, 'Somebody by the name of Lichtenstein.' Well, Andy turned white. He said, 'Roy Lichtenstein.' He said, 'Roy Lichtenstein used to... ' - as I remember, he used to be a sign painter for Bonwit Teller, and here's where I'm a little bit confused because Andy... couldn't get anybody to show his early cartoon paintings, so he went to Gene Moore and Gene Moore said, 'Well I can put the paintings in the windows...' He put them in the 57th Street window... As I remember, the implication was: Andy felt that Lichtenstein had seen the paintings in the window and gave him the idea to do his paintings..."
A really interesting read is the Great Bazooka Bubble Gum Wrapper Myth of 1961, A look into the controversy over whether Lichtenstein stole Andy Warhol's idea. Neat.
"... So, I went home and called Andy - no, I think, I went right over to Andy's house... and so, I said, 'Prepare yourself for a shock.' And he said, 'What?' I said, 'Castelli has a closet full of comic paintings.' And he said, 'You're kidding?!' And he said, 'Who did them?' And I said, 'Somebody by the name of Lichtenstein.' Well, Andy turned white. He said, 'Roy Lichtenstein.' He said, 'Roy Lichtenstein used to... ' - as I remember, he used to be a sign painter for Bonwit Teller, and here's where I'm a little bit confused because Andy... couldn't get anybody to show his early cartoon paintings, so he went to Gene Moore and Gene Moore said, 'Well I can put the paintings in the windows...' He put them in the 57th Street window... As I remember, the implication was: Andy felt that Lichtenstein had seen the paintings in the window and gave him the idea to do his paintings..."
Your Petro-Dollars at work
06/March/2008 |
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Okay, not strictly graphic art/illustration, unless
you consider the fact that these are conceptual
architectural drawings. Take a look at these really
interesting building renderings of buildings
in Dubai.
Corel Painter Essentials 4
12/February/2008 |
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I just saw this today. A paired down version of
Painter that let's you get to
the point without all the bells and whistles of
the full version. At $80, it seems like a great
way to get into Painter and decide if it's worth
the additional $300 for the full version. David
Biedny has a short review at Mac Life.
Painter Essentials 4’s uncluttered interface makes it easy to focus on painting instead of finding menu functions.
Painter Essentials 4’s uncluttered interface makes it easy to focus on painting instead of finding menu functions.
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