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Look Mickey
Look Mickey' from 1961 is a groundbreaking work by Roy Lichtenstein that initiated the Pop Art style. It depicts a humorous scene with two Disney icons, Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck, standing on a pier. Donald mistakenly believes he has caught a big fish, while in fact, he has hooked his own coat, and Mickey tries to suppress his laughter. The painting refers to the Ben-Day printing technique, manually imitated by the artist.
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:
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, USA
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Theme:
cartoon character, pop art, comic, humor
Internal Narrative and Creative Framework
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Inner Narrative
The work comments on the process of mass reproduction and the influence of popular culture on art, while simultaneously showing the artist's ambivalent feelings about his place in the art world – through Mickey's (realistic) and Donald's (enthusiastic) attitudes.
The key to interpreting the work
When interpreting the painting, it is worth noting the use of comic aesthetics, the ironic approach, and the historical significance of the work in the context of the development of Pop Art and Lichtenstein's oeuvre.See other works by this artist
