Did anyone see the (to me) very enjoyable and informative programme on BBC4 last night about the Roy Lichtenstein exhibition at Tate Modern? Alternatively, has anyone who has been to the exhibition any comments on it? I found the range of work on show impressive and seemingly giving the lie to the accusation - repeated in the Telegraph review - that he was a "one-trick pony". I also liked the argument in the programme between the presenter and an artist who claimed to prefer the comic-book originals to the paintings RL created from them in his earlier work.
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Originally posted by aeolium View Post
Still undecided on whether or not to go... I saw some of the programme, was unconvinced by RL's going for the cartoon style, following his distinctively unimpressive eariler Abstracts, but admittedly we only saw some of the latter, and I switched off. -
Yes an interesting programme - I found the presenter's rather eager-beaver style a bit exhausting and was left wishing for the magisterial tones of the late Robert Hughes. Just to remind myself I looked up the The Shock Of The New, which seems to say it all in a page and a bit.
A distinctly more jaundiced view from Waldemar Januszcak in the Sunday Times.
Worth seeing but not travelling to see (if you live this far away) - unlike, for example, Pollock a few years ago.Comment
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Yes, I agree, though as I have to travel to London shortly for quite separate reasons I may try to go to the exhibition anyway.Worth seeing but not travelling to see
I know what you mean about the presenter, but at least he did try to entertain different viewpoints, which is quite rare among arts presenters.
[I'm afraid I can't stand reading/listening to/watching Waldemar Januszcak]Comment
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Yes, he does give the impression of being fresh out of art school doesn't he?Originally posted by Richard Tarleton View Post
Regarding Januszczak, one wonders whether he ever drops that demotic manner, or is that his natural persona? If so, it must be a bit wearing for Mrs J and the kids.Comment
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I went to the Lichtenstein exhibition yesterday. The Tate showed his work back in the 1960s, and at the time it made a big impact since it was so startlingly new. Of course, the work doesn't seem quite so subversive today and he continued to work into the 1990s
i enjoyed it very much, especially the first few rooms containing the war and romance paintings. I have to say though that later pieces begin to seem a little formulaic, perhaps there are just too many to see in one visit. I find this a problem with comprehensive displays, there's just too much.Comment
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Here is another perspective on the Lichtenstein exhibition. I have some sympathy with this view (though I haven't seen the exhibition yet) and not just the implied criticism at the end about the ludicrous valuations of the art market. At their best, the comic illustrators used technique and imagination that deserved to be acknowledged in their own right. Whether or not what they did constitutes art is not, for me, an interesting question.Comment
I was wondering that very thing.
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