Works like Flamingo Capsule (1983) embody his trademark visual dissonance, drawing cigarette - ad
motifs into conversation with stripes from the
American flag and aluminum foil wrappers.
He often employed familiar
motifs and objects drawn from popular contemporary culture — hot dogs, lipstick tubes,
American flags — which he manipulated to form disorienting compositions whose constituent elements are nearly unrecognizable.
His early style of Pop Art featured simple visual
motifs like
flags, maps and targets, as exemplified by: Flag (1954, Museum of Modern Art New York), Target (1958, private collection) and Three Flags (1958, Whitney Museum of American
flags, maps and targets, as exemplified by:
Flag (1954, Museum of Modern Art New York), Target (1958, private collection) and Three
Flags (1958, Whitney Museum of American
Flags (1958, Whitney Museum of
American Art).