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Bread in bag
Bread in bag' is a work by Roy Lichtenstein from 1961, representing the Pop Art movement. It depicts a composition of an everyday object – a loaf of bread in a plastic bag – shown in the artist's characteristic aesthetic, combining realism with influences from comics and advertising.
Portrait of the Creator
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Artist
Roy Lichtenstein
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Date of birth and death
October 27, 1923 – September 29, 1997
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Natinality
American
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Style
Pop art; use of comic strips, commercial and mass media aesthetics; Ben-Day dots
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Significant works
Look Mickey, Drowning Girl, Whaam!, Oh, Jeff…I Love You, Too…But…, Girl with Hair Ribbon, Brushstrokes
Information about the work
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Year:
1961
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Execution technique:
oil on canvas
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Location:
Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, Germany
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Theme:
food, everyday object, pop art
Internal Narrative and Creative Framework
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Inner Narrative
The work draws attention to banal elements of daily life, transformed by the artist into a subject of art. It contains an ironic commentary on consumer culture and the mass reproduction of images.
The key to interpreting the work
The analysis of the painting should take into account the use of typical Pop Art techniques and the theme showing the ubiquity and triviality of contemporary objects in a new, artistic form.See other works by this artist
