Posted on December 21, 2023 
by arslohgo
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Part of a collection of ink paintings created in the 1980s and early 1990s
Accompanying text for the Worpswede Exhibition in 1984
“Tribute to Roy Lichtenstein” belongs to a short series of images about females. It is the first in this series.
The title of the drawing may not be quite correct in describing the work. To be precise, it is not only Roy Lichtenstein who is being honored here, but the name Roy Lichtenstein stands for Pop Art, for the entire art movement. Besides Roy Lichtenstein, artists like Andy Warhol, Patrick Caulfield, Lucio del Pezzo, Richard Lindner or Mel Ramos are meant here.
Into the head of Roy Lichtenstein’s ‘Blonde’, for example, ‘Tobacco Red’ by Mel Ramos is implemented (right cheek, left in the picture). The second female person (left cheek, right in the picture) was sketched out of a swimsuit advertisement.