| The third exhibition at the Guggenheim
Hermitage Museum opening May 15, 2003 presents a selection
of twenty-nine works of art that trace the origins of the
Pop Art movement from practical beginnings as commercial and
consumer imagery to the full-scale celebrity of the genre,
as achieved by Andy Warhol’s Factory.
American Pop Icons identifies key moments in the
development of Pop Art, from early works by
Robert Rauschenberg that bridged the gap between Abstract
Expressionism and the images of mass media to more contemporary
examples of Pop Art by living artists such as James Rosenquist.
Drawn from the holdings of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum,
the Sonnabend Collection, and private lenders from Europe
and the United States, the exhibition focuses on the theme
of the common object and its sources in advertisements, consumer
product packaging, and comic strips. The term Pop, which spread
to music and fashion, corresponded to an entire way of life
among young people in the 1960s, becoming a significant sociological
phenomenon that completely altered perceptions for the remaining
years of the century.
 Highlights of American Pop Icons include Robert Rauschenberg’s
monumental 32-foot long silk-screened painting, Barge (1962) painted
in a 24-hour period, Roy Lichtenstein’s mural-sized Preparedness
(1963), and Tom Wesselmann’s Still Life #33 (1963). These images,
presented with (and sometimes transformed by) humor, wit, and
irony, can be seen as both a celebration and a critique of popular
culture.
The exhibition will be accompanied by a full-color, fully illustrated
catalogue in English, including descriptive texts for thirty-two
paintings. It will be available in late May for $25 softcover and
$40 hardcover.
Museum Hours: 9:30 AM - 8:30 PM, daily
Admission: $15 adults, $12 Seniors and Nevada Residents
with State ID, $11 students, $7 children 6–12, free
for members and children under 6, $45 Annual Pass.
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