Roy's low steaks

I have always been greatly influenced by Lichtenstein. I think it was his way of taking the low definition of pulp illustration and giving it a hyper contextualized forum. He described the ecstasy of appearances. The adrenaline of dreams and the potential for each individual to reign supreme in that space. Sometimes I think this is the real backlash against the pulp genre in general.  Pulp chokes on its own toxic air of solipsism. I get that impression from looking at cosplay participants of a comic convention. Vanity and self engrossed mirror gazing finds benefit only when the self begins to dissolve. On a technical note I have been wanting to play with Lichtenstein's painting of a steak. When I deconstructed this piece I started to discover how he was playing with Magritte's pipe and Braque's collage all at once. The efficient strokes of line for the sinew of fat and then the flat field of red meat and marbling establish a nice dynamic. Roy gives us access to success and excess. He has reified the rare and cut the common cold.

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