Whitney Museum Opens First Major Roy Lichtenstein Survey in Over 30 Years
The Whitney Museum of American Art is showcasing "Roy Lichtenstein: Like New," marking the first significant retrospective of the artist's creations in over three decades. This exhibition includes more than 130 pieces and delves into the sources behind them through curatorial research. A dimly lit space features a 15-minute video that reenacts Hoyt Sherman's "Flash Labs," with Alex Da Corte taking on the role of Sherman. Lichtenstein acknowledged Sherman, his mentor at Ohio State University, as a key influence on his artistic perspective. The curators have also recreated four murals, such as "Greene Street Mural" (1983) and "Super Sunset Billboard" (1967), while Lichtenstein's works draw inspiration from comic strips, advertisements, and artists like Picasso and Monet, prompting discussions about the allure of art.
Key facts
- "Roy Lichtenstein: Like New" is the first major survey of Lichtenstein's work in more than 30 years.
- The exhibition is at the Whitney Museum of American Art.
- It includes more than 130 paintings, sculptures, drawings, and prints.
- A 15-minute video reenacts one of Hoyt Sherman's "Flash Labs," with Alex Da Corte playing Sherman in prosthetics.
- Lichtenstein credited Sherman, his teacher at Ohio State University, with teaching him how to see.
- Lichtenstein gave his first son the middle name "Hoyt" and endowed the Hoyt L. Sherman Studio Art Center at Ohio State University in the 1990s.
- Four murals were recreated, including "Greene Street Mural" (1983), nearly 100 feet (about 30.5 meters) long, and "Super Sunset Billboard" (1967) in the museum's west-facing window.
- Lichtenstein's sources include comic strips, advertising, and works by Pablo Picasso, Claude Monet, and Chinese classical masters such as Mi Youren.
Entities
Artists
- Roy Lichtenstein
- Hoyt Sherman
- Alex Da Corte
- Pablo Picasso
- Claude Monet
- Mi Youren
- Meg Onli
- Dorothy Lichtenstein
- Tony Abruzzo
- William Overgard
- Henri Matisse
- Piet Mondrian
- Marcel Duchamp
- Andy Warhol
- Louise Lawler
- David Hockney
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Aristotle
- Ivan Karp
- Leo Castelli
- Renzo Piano
- Irma Boom
- Hoyt L. Sherman
- Scott Rothkopf
- Hokusai
- L. Ron Hubbard
- Stephanie Murg
- Scott Newman
- Ronnie F. Heyman
- Kenneth C. Griffin
- Philip Johnson
- Bagley Wright
- Richard Pettibone
- Sturtevant
- Ugo Rondinone
- Na Kim
- Hunt Slonem
- Phillip Johnson
- John Constable
- Frederic Church
- Georgia O'Keeffe
- Ilka Scobie
- MJ Rivera
Institutions
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- Ohio State University
- Hoyt L. Sherman Studio Art Center
- Leo Castelli Gallery
- Life magazine
- Scientific American
- Memphis Group
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Edlis Neeson Collection
- BFA.com
- Roy Lichtenstein Foundation
- Guggenheim Museum
- Museum of Modern Art
- Yale University Art Gallery
- Gap
- Wallpaper*
- Abrams Books
- Flash Art
- ARTnews
- Vogue Italia
- Smithsonian
- Metropolis
- The Architect's Newspaper
- School of Visual Arts
- Institute of Contemporary Art Boston
- Harvard University
- DACS
- The New York Times
- Bellagio Hotel
- New York Art Life
- Gladstone Gallery
- Nicola Vassell Gallery
- One Art Space
- Folk Art Museum
- Artlyst
- DailyArt Magazine
Locations
- New York City
- United States
- New York
- Greene Street
- Soho
- East 77th Street
- Ohio
- Rouen
- France
- Italy
- Manhattan
- SoHo
- Washington Street
- High Line
- Hudson River
- Boston
- 99 Gansevoort Street
- Harlem
- Brooklyn
- Switzerland
- Korea