“Whaam!” is based on a comic which was published in 1962, by Roy Lichtenstien. Lichtenstein was an American painter. He was involved with the art movement “Pop art”. Lichtenstein was famous for his advertising and comic style pop art. Lichtenstein’s are usually recognised by the bold, thick lines and bold colours. Lichtenstein is also recognised by the patterns he usually uses in his art, he usually uses bold strips and benday dots. Benday dots are kind of like dot painting, using large amounts of dots to create a shape or to fill in a shape. Rather than trying to reproduce his subject, he displays them in the way how the media portrays them.
I think that his art work is very unique and that its very interesting, because its got a comical feel to it, and it gives the audience a chance to imagine what happen by just giving a few hints of what could happen. I also like the way he uses bold lines, it makes it a very clear picture as well as giving the pictures a feel of depth, as it makes the objects looks more 3D a bold, and a big contrast to his plain background. The captions he uses in his work as part of the art emphasis the comical influence as well as giving the audience the imagination of sound within this image, the word also emphasis the action of the images as the letters are not inline and over lapping as if they are falling, the explanation mark at the end informs the audience that it’s a loud sound, which again gives the image more impact.
The Information above was partly taken from the following sites.
http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ViewWork?cgroupid=999999957&workid=8782&searchid=9803&tabview=work
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Lichtenstein
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