The turkey depicted on this shopping bag was mostly likely inspired by a newspaper advertisement. Lichtenstein designed the image, then handed it off to silkscreeners who transferred it to mass-produced shopping bags.
Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, and other Pop artists created multiples for the 1964 exhibition American Supermarket, which highlighted the differences and similarities between the actual consumer objects and Pop artists’ depictions of them. The exhibition was designed to resemble a supermarket, complete with aisles, shelves, and a checkout counter. Plastic and real food items were displayed alongside artists’ depictions of them. Artworks were priced and sold cheaply, further blurring the line between art, commerce, and consumption. These bags were sold for 12 dollars each.
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Roy Lichtenstein
American, 1923–1997 155 works onlineA key figure in the Pop art movement and beyond, Roy Lichtenstein grounded his profoundly inventive career in imitation—beginning by borrowing images from comic books and advertisements in the early 1960s, and eventually encompassing those of everyday objects, artistic styles, and art history itself.
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