50 Years of Art & Popular Culture from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation
August 28–December 2, 2018
THIS EXHIBITION IS CURRENTLY CLOSED
Pop art has proven to be a remarkably resilient and flexible style, renewing itself
with each generation of young artists who look at the world around them with an alert
and lively eye. The artists in this exhibition draw inspiration from a wide range
of daily experiences, from comic books to television, from kitchen toasters to manhole
covers. Including work by the pioneers of the movement as well as by newer talents,
this exhibition reveals that the Pop art spirit is ever renewed in the eye of the
beholder.
This exhibition includes vintage examples of Pop art by founders such as Claes Oldenburg
and James Rosenquist, as well as works by younger artists who continue to comment
on our everyday world. Highlights include Richard Artschwager's whimsical Exclamation Point, Keith Haring's explorations of graffiti art, and Yayoi Kusama's famous polka dotted
pumpkins, among other fascinating artworks.
This exhibition was curated by Weisman Foundation Director, Mrs. Billie Milam Weisman,
and is supported through the ongoing generosity of the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation.
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