Joyce Pensato starts with the most
iconic cartoon figures — Mickey, Minnie, Daffy, Krazy, Stan, and Homer — but her representations of them couldn't be further from their usual plastic media.
Not exact matches
This exhibition explores Lichtenstein's treatment of the human
figure in works that proceed from his
iconic cartoon paintings from the»60s.
This exhibition focuses on Lichtenstein's diverse treatment of the human
figure in works that proceed from his
iconic cartoon paintings from the»60s.
Historical and contemporary works of art, videos, machines, archaeological artefacts and
iconic objects, like the giant inflatable
cartoon figure of Felix the Cat — the first image ever transmitted on TV — inhabit an «enchanted landscape» created in Nottingham Contemporary's galleries, where objects seem to be communicating with each other and with us.
Although my work doesn't look on the surface much like his, I think he taught me about using
iconic signifiers and
figures that I could project myself into for emotion and as an avatar in paint (like Scott McCloud describes in his amazing book, Understanding Comics, that we do as comic readers), and create figurative narrative allegories that hopefully resonate deeper than most political
cartoons and relate to Goya and other art historical uses of politics and allegory as much as the imagery could relate to underground comics and contemporary worlds.
Historical and contemporary works of art, videos, machines, archaeological artefacts and
iconic objects, like the giant inflatable
cartoon figure of Felix the Cat — the first image ever transmitted on TV — inhabit an «enchanted landscape» created in the Pavilion's galleries, where objects seem to be communicating with each other and with us.
Lin's
cartoon - like
figures are usually cats that reference
iconic felines from the comic pantheon and appear as mascots integrated into the screen of Lin's abstract gestures — even they can not escape the artist's desire to enrobe all available surfaces in veils of pattern.