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That's not how art works. If collectors and critics (and the public!) like Lichtenstein's distorted drawings, their opinion matters. It is totally irrelevant wh
by itohohvf 4y ago
That's not how art works. If collectors and critics (and the public!) like Lichtenstein's distorted drawings, their opinion matters. It is totally irrelevant whether he went through a photorealistic phase. He could be said to be concerned with the picture plane, i.e. with the arrangement of shapes and colours on the canvas. The painting is broadly representational but the abstract qualities actually matter more in art.
Art doesn't operate through skepticism, through doubting the artist's ability. It is about valuing what is in front of you, whatever it expresses or evokes. Nobody with any sense cares whether Lichtenstein could pass a Perspective Drawing Test.
- quonn 4y agoA half truth. Some people care and are much more likely to value technically simple works by an artist if he is known to be skilled.
- ginko 4y agoI do think intent matters. Take Picasso. He made classical paintings in his early career, then developed completely new styles over decades, very much demonstrating that whatever he did away with was done intentionally so. It's why Roy Lichtenstein isn't Picasso.