GAGOSIAN GALLERY, NEW YORK, PRESENTS 'ROY LICHTENSTEIN: STILL LIFE', THE FIRST EXHIBITION DEVOTED SOLELY TO LICHTHESTEIN'S STILL LIFE PAINTINGS, SCULPTURES AND DRAWINGS, WHICH SPAN FROM 1972 THROUGH THE EARLY 1980s. ALTHOUGH LICHTENSTEIN WILL ALWAYS BE SYNONYMOUS WITH POP ART, HE CONTINUED TO MAKE INVENTIVE NEW WORK FOR ALMOST THREE DECADES BEYOND THE 1960s, DURING WHICH HE HAD BECOME FAMOUS FOR HIS DISTINCTIVE USE OF POPULAR CARTOON IMAGES AND COMMERCIAL PAINTING STYLE. BEGINNING IN 1972, HE BEGAN TO WORK ON STILL LIFES, MAKING HIS OWN UPDATED CONTRIBUTION TO THE VENERATED HISTORICAL GENRE, USING HARD, VIVID COLOUR AND SIMULATED BEN-DAY DOTS, LABORIOUSLY PAINTED BY HAND. LICHTENSTEIN RENDERED HIS STILL LIFES IN FLAT, OUTLINED SHAPES THAT WERE INSPIRED BY NEWSPAPER AND PRINT ADVERTISEMENTS AND PAINTED TO LOOK LIKE THE ORIGINALS. LICHTENSTEIN'S STILL LIFES COVER A VARIETY OF MOTIFS AND THEMES, INCLUDING THE MOST TRADITIONAL SUCH AS FRUIT, FLOWERS AND VASES. HE ALSO CREATED STILL LIFES FROM CONTEMPORARY VERNACULAR SUBJECTS, INCLUDING THE INTENTIONALLY BANAL OFFICE STILL LIFES, AS WELL AS FROM THE CONTENTS OF HIS OWN STUDIO. THE EXHIBITION BRINGS TOGETHER MORE THAN FIFTY STILL LIFE PAINTING AND SCULPTURES FROM PROMINENT PRIVATE COLLECTIONS AND MUSEUMS WORLDWIDE, AND IT INCLUDES A SELECTION OF RARELY SEEN STILL LIFE DRAWINGS, MANY OF WHICH ARE PRECISE SKETCHES FOR THE PAINTINGS AND SCULPTURES.
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