“Sinister Pop presents an inventive take on the Museum’s rich and diverse holdings of Pop art from the movement’s inception in the early 1960s through its aftershocks a decade later. Although Pop art often calls to mind a celebration of postwar consumer culture, this exhibition focuses on Pop’s darker side, as it distorts and critiques the American dream. Themes of exaggerated consumption, film noir and the depiction of women in art, the dystopic American landscape, and the intersection of popular culture and politics, are explored.”
Some of the artists represented are Jasper Johns, Claes Oldenburg, Ed Ruscha, and Andy Warhol.
Whitney Museum of American Art
945 Madison Avenue at 75th Street, NYC
(Image – “Flags”, Jasper Johns)