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Who says your furniture can’t be part of your art collection? This vibrant, upcycled piece of furniture is a masterful transformation of a vintage 2-drawer Berkey and Gay dresser. The artist breathed new life into the antique piece, entitled Fragile Like a Bomb, enveloping it in a kaleidoscope of bright, bold neon pink, yellow, and turquoise colors. Fabulous! Continue reading Eye On Design: Upcycled Vintage Dresser By Gray Gardens Design
Machine No. 6 (1967) is one of a series of sculpture works that artist Shinkichi Tajiri (1923 – 2009) made from recycled metal materials. Sleek panels, gun-like forms and engine parts combine to create a futuristic robot. Continue reading Modern Art Monday Presents: Shinkichi Tajiri Machine No. 6
Art By Roy Lichtenstein (All Photos By Gail)
Pop art has long enthralled audiences. Originating in the 1950s and 60s, its vibrant colors, bold imagery, and whimsical themes continue to delight viewers today. By integrating pop art projects into classrooms, teachers can foster creative thought and expand cultural understanding by engaging their students with contemporary culture, while giving them a chance to express themselves visually through dynamic projects. This article presents several engaging pop art projects suitable for students that bring vibrant creativity into any learning experience!
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Bauhaus Stairway Mural (1989) speaks to Roy Lichtenstein’s dialogue with various art historical styles, which would figure prominently throughout his career. Measuring more than 26 feet tall and painted in oil and Magna on canvas, this spectacular mural pays homage to the German artist Oskar Schlemmer (1888 – 1943) and his painting Bahaustreppe (Bauhaus Stairway, 1932), which is held in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in NYC, and reproduced below.
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In the 1990s, Roy Liechtenstein created a body of work called Interiors, in which he mixed references to classical antiquity, the renaissance, and modernism. He also used visual signs plucked from his own illustrious career, such as his characteristic Ben-Day dots . Created in the last year of Lichtenstein‘s life, this drawing is a study for a painting, Interior with Ajax (1997), commissioned by the fashion designer Gianni Versace. In it, a confused looking Ajax, a hero of Greek mythology, finds himself in an an eclectically decorated room in which styles float free of their contexts and hatch marks are divorced from their descriptive function.
Photographed in the Morgan Library in Manhattan.