Lyman
Allyn Art Museum announces the exhibition, "Pop Goes the Easel: Pop Art
and its Progeny", opening March 3 and on view through Aug. 10. The
exhibition is guest curated by Barbara Zabel, Ph.D. professor emeritus at
Connecticut College.
By
exploring traditional modes of easel painting, Pop artists of the 1960s
radically expanded the possibilities of how art is made and how it is viewed;
thus they opened up multiple pathways for artists coming to maturity in later
decades of the twentieth century.
Pop
Goes the Easel includes works by male pop stars like Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein,
as well as works by women artists like Idelle Weber and Marjorie Strider, who
were marginalized in the male-dominated decade of the 60s. The exhibition also
explores the myriad avenues opened up by Pop in the more politically engaged
decades that followed.
Exhibition
programs and events:
Gallery
Talk
March
6: Pop Goes the Easel! with Barbara Zabel and Devon Elovitz, at 4 p.m.
Admission for members is $5, for non-members it is$10. To make reservations,
call (860) 443-2545, Ext. 129.
Artist
Talk
March
28: Let ‘er Buck, artist Nancy Davidson; Reception at 5 p.m., presentation at 6
p.m. Admission for members is $5, for non-members it is $10. Call (860)
443-2545, Ext. 129 to make reservations.
Lecture
April
4: "Pop on the Dark Side: Performance Art and Pop Art" by Karen
Gonzalez Rice, Connecticut College Art History Professor; Reception at 5 p.m.,
lecture at 6 p.m. Admission for members is $5, for non-members it is $10. For
reservations, call (860) 443-2545, Ext. 129.
Film
Screening
April
11: "The Films of Andy Warhol," with Ross Morin, Connecticut College
Film Studies Professor, at 4:30 p.m. Admission for members is $5, for
non-members it is $10. Call (860) 443-2545, Ext. 129 to make reservations.
Lecture
May
16: "Lichtenstein Revisited" with Janis Hendrickson Mink, Reception
at 5 p.m., lecture at 6 p.m. Admission is $5 for members, $10 for non-members.
To make reservations, call (860) 443-2545, Ext. 129.
Free
First Saturdays
Join
us each month for a fun family day with free admission from 10 a.m. to noon.
Art
activities and snacks for ages 5 – 12 are available on First Saturdays from 1
to 3 p.m., free with Museum admission.
Check www.lymanallyn.org for updates and additional programming. Tours of the exhibition will be available for groups. Lyman Allyn Art Museum is located at 625 Williams Street in New London.
Check www.lymanallyn.org for updates and additional programming. Tours of the exhibition will be available for groups. Lyman Allyn Art Museum is located at 625 Williams Street in New London.