| Dress (of paper), 1966 |  | unknown | | Numbers in Color, 1958 |  | Jasper Johns
early Pop Art | | Three Flags, 1958 |  | Jasper Johns
What is the essence of the 20th century? The symbols of society aren't "deep" but obvious: coffee cans, comic strips, and flags. Observe the object, write it large, but without context or scene, without emotion, a symbol detached. | | Study for Skin, 1960s |  | Jasper Johns | | Blam, 1962 |  | Roy Lichtenstein | | Drowing Girl, 1963 |  | Roy Lichtenstein | | Dawn's Wedding Chapel 4, 1959 |  | Louise Nevelson | | Untitled, 1950 |  | Louise Nevelson | | Quintet of Remembrance (video portrait), 2000 |  | Bill Viola | | Quintet of Remembrance, detail |  | Bill Viola | | 100 Cans, 1962 |  | Andy Warhol
One can doesn't mean much, but repeat the dull image 100 times and it burns into our heads, a permanent symbol of modern life. Once there as art, it becomes symbolic and a commentary: Pop Art. Importance of the unimportant. | | Turquoise Marilyn, 1962 |  | Andy Warhol | | A Set of Six Self-Portraits |  | Andy Warhol |
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