"Sinister Pop" Exhibition
The Whitney Museum of American Art
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Sinister Pop presents an inventive take on the Museum’s rich and diverse holdings of Pop art from the movement’s inception in the early 1960s through its aftershocks a decade later. Although Pop art often calls to mind a celebration of postwar consumer culture, this exhibition focuses on Pop’s darker side, as it distorts and critiques the American dream. Themes of exaggerated consumption, film noir and the depiction of women in art, the dystopic American landscape, and the intersection of popular culture and politics, are explored through works by acknowledged masters such as Jasper Johns, Claes Oldenburg, Ed Ruscha, and Andy Warhol, as well as by many artists not traditionally associated with Pop whose art may be understood within its wider field of reference. These include William Eggleston, Peter Saul, Christina Ramberg, and Vija Celmins, among others.
[Image: Jasper Johns "Flags" (1967-68) Lithograph, 34 5/16 × 25 1/2 in. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of the artist 69.121. Art © Jasper Johns and ULAE / Licensed by VAGA, New York. Published by ULAE]
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Schedule
from November 15, 2012 to January 15, 2013
Artist(s)
Jasper Johns, Claes Oldenburg, Ed Ruscha, Andy Warhol, William Eggleston, Peter Saul, Christina Ramberg, Vija Celmins et al.