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Desk calendar
The painting depicts a desk calendar in the Pop Art style, featuring Lichtenstein's characteristic use of thick outlines, bright primary colors, and Ben-Day dots mimicking comic book printing. The work belongs to the still life genre and presents an everyday object treated as an element of mass culture.
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:
1962
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Execution technique:
oil on canvas
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Location:
Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Los Angeles, California, USA
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Theme:
still life, calendars, pop art
Internal Narrative and Creative Framework
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Inner Narrative
The work comments on the relationship between utilitarian aesthetics and art, presenting an office object in a new artistic context, highlighting the influence of mass culture and industrial visual reproduction techniques.
The key to interpreting the work
Interpretation should consider the comic book print imitation technique, elements of irony characteristic of Pop Art, and the influence of advertising and popular culture on contemporary art.See other works by this artist
