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Monica Sitting with Elbows on Knees, 1991 -
Judy on Blue Blanket, 2000
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Blue Nude No. 3, 2001
Tom Wesselmann is considered one of the major artists of New York Pop Art, along with Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol. Best known for his 1960s series “Great American Nude,” which featured flat figures in an intense palette of red, white, blue, and other patriotic colors, Wesselmann, in an effort to reject Abstract Expressionism, made collages and assemblages that incorporated everyday objects and advertising ephemera.
In the early 1980s, he produced his first "Metal Works,” in which he shaped canvases and cut metal to create abstract three-dimensional images. In his final years, Wesselmann returned to the female form in the “Sunset Nudes” series, where the compositions, abstract imagery, and sanguine moods recall the odalisques of Henri Matisse.
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Constructing a Popular Image
Basquiat, Warhol, Wesselman, & Oldenburg 14 Nov - 19 Dec 2024Pop Art and the American Tradition explores how the dynamic spirit of Pop Art has been reimagined and repurposed by artists across different eras, from the 1960s to today. Born... -
Simplified Forms
Group Exhibition 4 - 25 Apr 2024This survey exhibition explores works from Pop-star icons such as Tom Wesselman, Andy Warhol, and Keith Haring as well as contemporary artists such as Eric Hibit and Sage Skabarnicki-Stuart
