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Roy Lichtenstein - Explosion, 1967
Date of creation: 2024
Medium: Digital print on Canadian maple wood
Edition: Open
Size: 80 x 20 cm (each skate)
Condition: In mint conditions and never displayed
This triptych is formed by three skate decks made of 7 ply grade A Canadian maple wood.
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Explosion (1967) by Roy Lichtenstein marks a point where the artist moves away from traditional portraiture and focuses solely on the image of an explosion, a recurring theme in the comics of the time. Instead of telling a story, Lichtenstein captures the visual energy and dynamism of the explosion using his characteristic style with Ben-Day dots and flat colors. The work takes a common element from popular culture, like explosions in action comics, and transforms it into a piece that explores the superficiality of emotions portrayed in the media and their appropriation in consumer culture.
What’s fascinating about this piece is how the use of intense colors and bold outlines not only mimics the comic aesthetic but also amplifies the sense of speed and power. The repetition of visual elements intensifies the idea of an explosive impact, while maintaining an ironic and detached tone, characteristic of Lichtenstein. Through this contrast between the represented drama and the technical detachment, the work becomes a critique of how the media trivialize heroism and emotion, and how these portrayals are mass-consumed without deep reflection.
Explosion also plays with the boundaries between popular art and what is considered "high culture" art. By taking such a common theme, Lichtenstein elevates it to the gallery, challenging traditional artistic hierarchies and questioning the divide between the "low" and "high." The piece is situated in a historical moment when pop culture images, like comics and advertisements, already had a dominant presence in daily life, and the work can be seen as a comment on the saturation of visual stimuli and the banalization of emotion in modern society.
Like other pieces by Lichtenstein, Explosion invites the viewer to reconsider the relationship between art, the media, and how cultural values are expressed through images.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Roy Lichtenstein was born on October 27, 1923, in New York City, into a wealthy Jewish family. His father, Milton Lichtenstein, was a successful real estate broker, and his mother, Beatrice, was a homemaker with an interest in art. This comfortable environment, rich in cultural stimuli, allowed Roy to develop an early interest in drawing, jazz, and science fiction—interests that would permeate much of his later work.
He attended the Franklin School for Boys in Manhattan and later the Ohio State University, where he studied fine arts. His studies were interrupted by World War II, during which he served in the U.S. Army. Upon returning, he resumed his education and began teaching at various institutions, including Rutgers University, where he met Allan Kaprow, one of the precursors of performance art. This meeting helped shape Lichtenstein's thoughts on the boundaries of art.
In the early 1960s, Lichtenstein took a dramatic turn in his artistic direction. Tired of the dominance of Abstract Expressionism, which he saw as overly serious and emotionally saturated, he began experimenting with comic book imagery. His 1961 piece Look Mickey marked a watershed moment: it featured a recognizable cartoon image rendered with hand-painted Ben-Day dots, a technique used in commercial printing to create shading and color variation.
From this point on, Lichtenstein developed an unmistakable style characterized by bold outlines, flat colors, and the use of dots to mimic the appearance of printed comics. His work was both a celebration and a critique of mass media and consumer culture. Paintings like Whaam! (1963) and Drowning Girl (1963) are now icons of the Pop Art movement, juxtaposing melodrama with mechanical precision.
One of Lichtenstein's greatest contributions was his ability to transform banal, everyday imagery into works of high art, forcing viewers to confront the line between commercial and fine art. His work was not without controversy; critics accused him of plagiarizing comic artists, but Lichtenstein always defended his reinterpretations as transformative and conceptual.
Over the following decades, Lichtenstein expanded his scope, venturing into sculptures, murals, and reinterpretations of works by other artists, such as Picasso, Monet, and van Gogh. His Brushstrokes series (1965-1966) cleverly mimicked the gestural marks of Abstract Expressionism but rendered them in his mechanical style, parodying the very movement that once dominated the art world.
In the 1980s and 90s, Lichtenstein continued to innovate, creating large-scale public artworks and exploring themes like art deco, surrealism, and the history of painting itself. He also created pieces that commented on the artifice of perspective and the illusionism of space, always through his characteristic lens of irony and detachment.
Roy Lichtenstein passed away in 1997, but his legacy remains profound. His works are part of major collections around the world, from MoMA in New York to the Tate Modern in London. His influence can be seen in advertising, graphic design, and even digital culture, cementing him as one of the most important artists of the 20th century.
Through humor, clarity, and a touch of provocation, Lichtenstein redefined what art could be. He transformed the mundane into the monumental and taught generations to see the extraordinary within the ordinary.
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