tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2738186191340947496.post4645839797157853446..comments2024-01-31T03:32:19.180-05:00Comments on Matt Tauber: LICHTENSTEINMatt Tauberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00336379337777188738noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2738186191340947496.post-24398349639602637592012-01-04T20:17:57.468-05:002012-01-04T20:17:57.468-05:00Lichtenstein said his goal was to take that moment...Lichtenstein said his goal was to take that moment of high emotion in the single panel, then reproduce it almost in a technical/mechanical way by blowing it up. I agree with Johnston up to a point. It becomes a question of volume for me, that this what he is synonymous with/praised for/remembered for...and it's not even really his art.<br /><br />Let's keep comics a low art form if we can. Caniff originals are expensive enough as it is!Matt Tauberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00336379337777188738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2738186191340947496.post-17934353478745811492012-01-04T17:04:12.995-05:002012-01-04T17:04:12.995-05:00I don't want to necessarily defend Lichtenstei...I don't want to necessarily defend Lichtenstein, but like Warhol, I think his intent was to turn what many considered lowbrow art that many people (including the publishers and many of the artists themselves) considered disposable junk into fine/high art. I presume this is what Rich meant when he referred to it a "transformative artistic act."<br /><br />Getting people to pay a lot of money for the piece -- even the original $450 -- would seem to me to be part of the transformation of the work from low to high art.Randy @ WCG Comicshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08105266129029859540noreply@blogger.com