Abstract of the Commemorative lecture
A Review of My Work since 1961
In this slide presentation I hope to point out some of the progression of ideas in my work and show how one thing led to another, if one thing did, indeed, lead to another. Also I'd like to tell you of some of the meanings I intend to convey.
This presentation starts with drawings of Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse done in 1958. The reason I'm showing these drawings rather than a painting is because the paintings I did in this style no longer exist.
Next is the first Pop painting I did in 1961 called "Look Mickey", and I'd like to discuss some of my reasons and aims for referring to cartoons as the subjects for my work, as well as the simplification of my colors and the use various dotting (pointillism) techniques.
I would then like to show a group of paintings of single objects that I did around 1964, specifically "Turkey", "Golf Ball" and "Composition"; a number of paintings which I did starting in 1963, in which I took works by various famous modern masters like Picasso and used them as my subjects; and then a series of Brushstroke Paintings that I started in 1965.
Following that I'd like to introduce a series showing the relationship between my geometric painting of the seventies and minimal art, examples of paintings with the subjects taken from Matisse, as well as my own past works, surrealistic paintings done during the latter half of the seventies, and paintings done in the French trope l'oeil style. After discussing the techniques I took from the cubism, futurism and expressionism schools, I'd like to end up by talking about my interior series of the nineties and my most recent works.
From the more than 50 slides spanning the years from the 1960s to the present and the explanation of the meanings I have tried to convey, I hope that you have gained an understanding of the transition of ideas in my work and the association of each individual painting.
