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2024
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Roy Lichtenstein - Varoom!, 1963
Date of creation: 2024
Medium: Digital print on Canadian maple wood
Edition: Open
Size: 80 x 20 cm
Condition: In mint conditions and never displayed
Skate deck made of 7 ply grade A Canadian maple wood.
© Estate of Roy Lichtenstein, 2024, all rights reserved
Varoom! (1963) is one of Roy Lichtenstein’s most iconic works within the Pop Art movement and part of his celebrated series inspired by comics and mass culture. In this painting, Lichtenstein depicts an explosion accompanied by the onomatopoeic word "Varoom!" using his signature style: flat colors, bold black outlines, and the famous Ben-Day dots that mimic the commercial printing techniques of 1950s and '60s comics.
Visually, the work is striking: a burst of red, orange, and yellow lines erupts from the center of the composition, evoking dynamism, violence, and energy. The typography of “Varoom!” is integrated into the image as another component of the action, reinforcing the dramatic and visual impact of the explosion.
Like many of Lichtenstein’s works, Varoom! plays with irony and emotional detachment. Despite portraying a moment of intense violence, it does so in a cold and mechanical way, stripping away any trace of drama or subjectivity. In this sense, it can be seen as a commentary on how the media trivializes and aestheticizes violence.
Moreover, by removing the image from its original comic book context and placing it within a gallery or museum setting, Lichtenstein invites reflection on the boundaries between high art and popular culture. He transforms a typical action scene into an object of artistic contemplation, thus redefining what can be considered legitimate art.
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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