The coldness and impersonality of Pop Art was a direct attack on the traditions of “high art”, characterised by gestural expression and freedom of brushstroke and represented by the Abstract Expressionist artists of the previous generation.
Imagen above: Roy Lichtenstein New York, 1923- 997 Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!, 1965 Oil and magna on canvas 172.7 × 142.6 cm Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, gift of the artist 97.4565 Photo: Midge Wattles, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. Roy Lichtenstein © Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
The works in this exhibition, which are often witty or ironic, can be interpreted as a celebration of popular culture or as a biting critique of it.
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum’s relationship with Pop Art began very early on, with the exhibition Six Painters and the Object in 1963, which marked the institutional recognition of the movement.
The exhibition features the monumental work Volante Suave by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, whose enormous dimensions humorously dwarf the museum space and at the same time emphasise the museum’s role as a place for culture and education, but also for leisure and entertainment.
WHEN?
Exhibition dates:
Friday, 16 February to Sunday, 15 September 2024
Opening hours:
Tuesday to Sunday, from 10:00 to 19:00.
Except on the following days, when the museum closes at 20:00:
In summer (from 17 June to 22 September).
Open on Mondays: 17 June to 22 September.
WHERE?
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
Avenida Abandoibarra, 2 48009 Bilbao
COST?
Adults 15€
Students (18-26 years old) €7.5.
Seniors (>65 years old / pensioners) €7.5.
Children and young people under 18 free
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