ROY LICHTENSTEIN - DINNERWARE OBJECTS

ROY LICHTENSTEIN - LITTLE BIG PAINTING

LICHTENSTEIN PARODIED BRUSHWORK FROM ACTION PAINTINGS AND ABSTRACT IMPRESSIONISM. A SIGN OF A SIGN, A COPY OF A COPY. POST-MODERNIST NOTIONS THAT NOTHING CAN BE ORIGINAL OR NEW. BAUDRILLARD'S SIMULACRA. SOMETHING ORIGINAL COPIED AND A SMALL DETAIL INFLATED. (ALSO GERHARD RICHTER'S DETAIL PAINTINGS) LINES, PATTERNS, DOTS AND AREAS OF COLOUR - DERIVED FROM TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES. WHICH ARE ALREADY CARTOON-LIKE COPIES/REPRODUCTIONS OF AN EXISTING OBJECT. DISPLAYED ON OBJECTS (DINNERWARE) - EQUIVALENTS OF SHADOW, REFLECTION AND GRADATION. REPRODUCTION OF REPRODUCTION OF REPRODUCTION.