In Brushstroke Figures, Roy Lichtenstein brings together a wide vocabulary of mark-making from diagonals, Ben-Day dots, hard-edged cartoon outlines, and seemingly realistic paintbrush strokes. Throughout the series, he orchestrates a continual shift between abstraction and representation. Returning to his earlier investigations into the nature of artmaking within the Pop Art movement, Lichtenstein distilled the act … Continue reading Brushstroke Figures Series, 1989