BE THEREPop Prints from the collection of John and Kimiko PowersPresented by IPCNY - International Print Center New York May 3, 2007- June 16, 2007Reception: May 2, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pmAndy Warhol, Claes Oldenburg, Robert Rauschenberg
The exhibition is comprised of a selection of prints by Roy Lichtenstein, Claes Oldenburg and Andy Warhol. Iconic images from the 1960's will be on view, such as Warhol's Campbell's Soup, and four screenprints from his Flowers series of 1970. Among the Warhol portraits included in the exhibition are Jackie (silver), Liz (published in 1964 by Leo Castelli), and Kimiko, a portrait of the collector. The work of Roy Lichtenstein is represented by a monumental woodcut La Sortie from the Interiors series published by Gemini G.E.L. in 1991. Earlier work by Lichtenstein includes Ten Landscapes, a portfolio of screenprints on plastic from 1967. Claes Oldenburg's lithographs Tea Bag from 1972 (Petersburg Press) and Soft Toilet 1 are supplemented by examples of his work in the mediums of etching and screenprint. John and Kimiko Powers began collecting pop art in the '60's. Living in New York City, they frequented the galleries and became close friends of many of the artists they collected. In addition to Lichtenstein, Oldenburg and Warhol, they acquired work by Jim Dine, Mel Ramos, James Rosenquist and Tom Wesselman, and the precursors of pop art Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg and Larry Rivers. Purchasing paintings, prints and drawings, they formed what has been described as the finest collection of pop art in private hands in the world. Believing that prints and multiples had equal value to paintings, they hung paintings and prints side-by-side in their Manhattan apartment. International Print Center New York is grateful to Kimiko Powers for graciously making the collection available, and to Bob Monk who introduced the idea of this exhibition.
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