Roy Lichtenstein Modern Head
Battery Park City
May 15, 1991 - September 28, 1992
About the Exhibition
Modern Head by Roy Lichtenstein (1923–1997, b. New York City, NY) was originally created in 1974. This brushed-steel configuration projects dramatically skyward, while its circular and angular motifs combine to create a dynamic tension. More fanciful shapes conspire to soften the geometric formality of the piece as a whole. Modern Head is something of a departure from the artist’s more recent sculptural style, which has been associated with his thematic treatment of brushstrokes in a three-dimensional medium.
Photo Gallery
Battery Park City
The installation of Modern Head marks the Public Art Fund’s second placement of a Lichtenstein sculpture in a public space: the artist’s Brushstroke (1987) appeared in Central Park’s Doris C. Freedman Plaza.
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