Roy Lichtenstein: The Loaded Brush

Brushstrokes in a painting convey a sense of grand gesture; but in my hands, the brushstroke becomes a depiction of grand gesture.’ – Roy Lichtenstein

Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac Salzburg is delighted to announce an exhibition of major figurative and abstract paintings, sculptures, collages and drawings by Roy Lichtenstein. Titled The Loaded Brush, the exhibition focuses on Lichtenstein’s innovations of the 1980s, when the artist developed  a new visual language based on the form of the painted stroke, reduced to its simplest expression. Through these works Lichtenstein continued to refine and reinterpret the techniques and palette of his iconic Pop style, while engaging with a new subject matter: the brushstroke­form.

‘This in­depth exhibition encapsulates the new language of painting that Roy Lichtenstein developed in the 1980s with his innovative use of the brushstroke, which he elaborated to reach new heights. Roy Lichtenstein's work has featured in six group shows in the Salzburg Gallery since the early 1990s and it was an honour to work with him. I am delighted to welcome his family back on the occasion of this solo exhibition, and I thank them and the Castelli Gallery for their assistance.’ – Thaddaeus Ropac