In the Car
Content:
I would describe the piece as bold, intricate and vibrant. This
piece is a large scale recreation from a comic in September 1961 in an issue of
Girls’ Romances. It contains imagery of a woman and a man in a car. The subject
is directly observed from the comic. I think Lichtenstein tried to achieve a
clearer view of the original image. Lichtenstein “reorganised the original
composition of the contoured image”. I think that this piece is representational
and makes the audience wonder what’s going on and would give intrigue towards
the original comic.
Formal
Elements:
Lichtenstein has used depth of line as the black lines are
different width to give emphasis and definition to certain parts of the piece.
He has also used Ben Day dots which add a lot of detail to the piece and
texture too. The image has been arranged as a recreation of an older comic. The
colour scheme used is very bold and vibrant, which hooks the audience and
intrigues then to the piece. At the time, the audience wouldn’t have seen
something of this size and detail hand painted. It is a piece built up of
contrasts as the colours are quite harsh and bold only separated by black line
work. The main colours are yellow, blue and red. There are recurring shapes in
the Ben Day dots throughout the skin.
Process:
The piece has a variety of textures given with the addition
of shapes and line work. Lichtenstein uses Ben Day dots in his pieces, clearly referencing the common printing technique to show pale colouring in skin tones etc... First Lichtenstein would have drawn out the image, referencing comics from the time and then painted in a way that replicated the mass production style of printing. Compared to the comics from the time, this piece would have been evolved over a period of time, because its a single piece painted and very large scale. From this piece, its clearly shown that Lichtenstein is a skilled artist and painter.
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