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John Tuohy's Art for the Pop of It: Art lovers unite for Pop to Popism bus trip

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John Tuohy's Art for the Pop of It. Art lovers unite for Pop to Popism bus trip. 16th Jan 2015 12:00 AM. Roy Lichtenstein's 1963 work In The Car is part of the of the Pop to popism exhibition, opening November 2014, at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Antonia Reeve. Visit the acclaimed pop art show - Pop to Popism - currently taking Sydney by storm in the company of other art-lovers by booking a seat on a special bus trip being laid on by Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery. The trip also includes a visit ...

John Tuohy's Art for the Pop of It: May 2014

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John Tuohy's Art for the Pop of It. Pop Art master Claes Oldenburg revisits his once-controversial 'Free Stamp'. By Steven Litt, The Plain Dealer. CLEVELAND, Ohio - Pop Art master Claes Oldenburg famously said in 1961, "I am for an art that is political-erotical-mystical, that does something other than sit on it's a- in a museum.". Wow, that was a big deal, so many people," he said. "And so much clapping! But the trip from New York was also a good excuse for the 85-year-old artist - who uses a cane and a...

John Tuohy's Art for the Pop of It: Notts: Exhibition of work by Pop Art forefather Richard Hamilton to open at Lakeside Arts

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John Tuohy's Art for the Pop of It. Notts: Exhibition of work by Pop Art forefather Richard Hamilton to open at Lakeside Arts. Works by one of the most important printmakers of the late 20th century, Richard Hamilton, are going on display at Nottingham’s Lakeside Arts next month. Dubbed the forefather of Pop Art, the themes and concerns of Hamilton’s paintings and drawings were also pursued in his graphic works on which he collaborated with some of the greatest master printers of the 20th century. Hamilt...

John Tuohy's Art for the Pop of It: July 2014

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John Tuohy's Art for the Pop of It. As a full-fledged art movement, Photorealism evolved from Pop Art and as a counter to Abstract Expressionism as well as Minimalist art movements in the late 1960s and early 1970s in the United States. 1 The Photo-Realist uses the camera and photograph to gather information. 2 The Photo-Realist uses a mechanical or semimechanical means to transfer the information to the canvas. Pop art LLR Books. My writers site @blogspot.com. Photorealism was a major American art movem...

John Tuohy's Art for the Pop of It: Yoshitomo Nara: neo-pop artist who defies categorisation

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John Tuohy's Art for the Pop of It. Yoshitomo Nara: neo-pop artist who defies categorisation. Ahead of two important solo exhibitions in Hong Kong, the Japanese artist with a global cult following is dismissive of the way others interpret his work, saying: 'This is just what comes out.'. For Nara, the Hong Kong exhibitions bring his relationship with China full circle. He first visited the Chinese countryside in 1983, when Japanese tourists were as rare as sparrows in winter. Nara invariably rejects simp...