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27/2/2004

Roy Lichtenstein

Hayward Gallery, London

This is the first major retrospective by the American master of Pop Art, Roy Lichtenstein, to be seen in the UK for 35 years. Filling the whole of the Hayward Gallery, the exhibition presents over 80 paintings and drawings spanning nearly 40 years.

Roy Lichtenstein (1923 – 1997) shot to international fame in the early 1960s with his paintings based on cartoon characters – Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Popeye – his comic strip scenes of wartime action and romantic melodrama, such as Whaam! and In the Car and his paintings of everyday objects culled from advertising, including Coffee Cup, Golf Ball and Radio.

Lichtenstein’s images and his style are instantly recognisable; they are striking and subtle, humorous and highly serious. They surprised and shocked the public in the 60s, as much for their precise, mechanical style – big, brash, immediate, in bold primary colours – as for their provocative use of subjects from the worlds of commerce and popular culture. Engaging with the traditions of historical and modern art, and re-intepreting the imagery and visual style of the mass media, Lichtenstein’s work ranges far beyond the early Pop paintings that made his reputation. It remains, following his death, one of the most influential and compelling achievements in the art of recent decades.

This exhibition provides new insight into the essential character and richness of Lichtenstein’s work, and offers a fresh and authoritative view of the artist’s intelligent and allusive commentary on the status and fate of images in modern culture. The exhibition is organised by the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark Currently at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark, the exhibition will be shown at the Hayward Gallery from 26 February to 16 May 2004, and finally at the Reina Sofía, Madrid, in summer 2004.

A fully-illustrated catalogue, published by the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in collaboration with the Hayward Gallery, accompanies the show. It includes essays by Poul Erik Tøjner, the exhibition’s curator, Michael Lobel, Avis Berman and Jack Cowart, together with transcripts of David Sylvester's 1997 interview with the artist, and a chronology of the artist's life.

Available at the Hayward Gallery Shop at a special exhibition price of £19.95.
ISBN: 87 90029 85 2. Distributed by Cornerhouse Publications www.cornerhouse.org/publications

The Hayward Gallery is a constituent part of the South Bank Centre (SBC), which is also responsible for the Royal Festival Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Purcell Room, the Poetry Library, the Hungerford car park and Jubilee Gardens.

Hayward Gallery, South Bank Centre, Belvedere Road London SE1 8XZ
Open daily, 10am – 6pm,
Tuesdays and Wednesdays until 8pm
Admission £8 (concessions £6)
Children aged 16 & under free (out of school hours only and not in group visits)
Hayward Members free

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