The first monograph on the colorful 1980s work of the pop art pioneer
Presenting key works from the 1980s by the iconic pop artist Roy Lichtenstein (1923-97), Roy Lichtenstein: The Loaded Brush includes full-spread installation views alongside an essay by the German art historian Siegfried Gohr that focuses on a period of great formal innovation both in painting and sculpture which centers on the motif of the brushstroke. Lichtenstein explains: It the brushstroke] was the way of portraying this romantic and bravura symbol in its opposite style, classicism. The Brushstroke plays a big part in the history of art. Brushstroke almost means painting or art.
