British Pop Art
January 27 – May 12, 2019

Eduardo Paolozzi, Secret of the Internal Combustion Engine, 1967 © Trustees of the Paolozzi Foundation, Licensed by/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2018

England is considered to have been the cradle of Pop Art and produced numerous unusual positions on the phenomenon of the then truly revolutionary new art movement. In addition to motifs from everyday life, it is above all the idea that everyone is able to possess art. Copious masterpieces were created through the medium of printmaking, circulation art and multiples.

 

David A.J. Miller, Large Lipstick and Liz, 1969 © David A.J. Miller

Eduardo Paolozzi, An Empire of Silly Statistics … A Fake War for Public Relations, 1970 © Trustees of the Paolozzi Foundation, Licensed by/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2018

Gerald Laing, Sandra, 1968 © 2019 The Estate of Gerald Laing

Joe Tilson, Lugberry and Rickenbacker, 1963 © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2018 / Joe Tilson, Nose, 1968 © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2018

Düsseldorf lawyer Heinz Beck, whose collection is housed in the Wilhelm Hack Museum in Ludwigshafen, has gathered an outstanding collection of works from this period. His preference for reproduced work reflects the idea of a democratization of art that went down in history with the catchphrase of art for all. For the first time, Ludwig Galerie Schloss Oberhausen presents a selection of British Pop Art from this unique collection along with its special and individual traits.

 

John Salt, Crashed Bonneville, 1972 © John Salt

Patrick Caulfield, Sweet Bowl, 1967 © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2018

Peter Blake and Jann Haworth, Plattencover The Beatles zu Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, 1967 © Apple Corps. Ltd.

Richard Hamilton, Interior, 1964/65 © R. Hamilton. All Rights Reserved/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2018

ARTISTS:

Ivor Abrahams, Peter Blake, Derek Boshier, Anthony Canham, Patrick Caulfield, Harold Cohen, Ian Colverson, Antony Donaldson, Michael English, Richard Hamilton, Jann Haworth, Dick Higgins, David Hockney, David Inshaw, Bill Jacklin, Allen Jones, David King, R. B. Kitaj, Gerald Laing, Les Levine, David A.J. Miller, Malcolm Morley, Robin Page, Eduardo Paolozzi, Peter Phillips, Tom Phillips, Patrick Procktor, John Salt, Colin Self, Richard Smith, Joe Tilson

 

British Pop Art
January 27 – May 12, 2019 / Ludwig Galerie
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