Richard Hamilton
dal 11/7/2003 al 9/11/2003
Segnalato da
11/7/2003
Richard Hamilton
Museum Ludwig, Koln
Richard Hamilton, certainly one of the most important living artists in England, may be regarded as the founding father of 'pop-art'. The exhibition is devoted to the development of Hamilton?s work in the last forty years.
Richard Hamilton, certainly one of the most important living artists in England, may be regarded as the founding father of 'pop-art' (even if he himself never became a 'pop artist'). In the fifties he introduced the ubiquitous images of 'mass culture' and the newly developed technologies of the 20th century into art. The exhibition is devoted to the development of Hamilton's work in the last forty years. His best-known paintings from all over the world have been re-united for the first time since his retrospective in London ten years ago. Roughly 160 works, among them reconstructions of his legendary exhibitions such as 'Growth and Form', 1951, 'This is Tomorrow', 1956 and 'An Exhibit', 1957.
The results of his making commercial and industrial art viable within the domain of 'high' art were revolutionary. He explored advertising imagery's rhetoric of persuasion, integrated design, film, photography and new print techniques into art and experimented with computer technology, opening hitherto unknown possibilities and new directions in art.
Hamilton's works go way beyond 'Pop Art', they are paintings of and about our society, how we see our world, and because he still maintains an on-going dialogue with the present, his art has remained vital and relevant to today's younger generation of artists.
A retrospective exhibition of the internationally renowned artist Richard Hamilton - a co-production between the Museum of Contemporary Art, Barcelona (MACBA) and Museum Ludwig, conceived in close cooperation with the artist and supported by the Peter and Irene Ludwig Foundation and the British Council - was shown from February through April 2003 in Barcelona and will be shown from July to November 2003 in Museum Ludwig, Cologne. It comprises approximately 180 works dealing with all the subject matter Hamilton has been exploring, including extensive documentation or reconstructions of his installation in the legendary exhibition 'This is Tomorrow' (1956).
The exhibition highlights the development of Hamilton's work from the forties up to the present, uniting his most celebrated paintings from all over the world for the first time since his retrospective in London ten years ago. A catalogue with a critical introduction on the artist's work by Laszlo Glozer will accompany the exhibition.
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