At the end of 2024, Fondation Louis Vuitton will be holding for the first time a major exhibition dedicated to the work of the American Pop artist Tom Wesselmann.
It will include around eighty of Tom Wesselmann's absolute masterpieces covering his creative periods from the 1950s to the 2000s. The exhibition will offer the opportunity to experience the beginnings of the Pop Art phenomenon through the presentation of other major works by Pop artists such as Roy Lichtenstein, Yayoi Kusama, Evelyne Axell, Frank Bowling, Rosalyn Drexler, Jasper Johns, Kiki Kogelnik, Richard Hamilton, Eduardo Paolozzi, James Rosenquist, Marjorie Strider, and Andy Warhol. The contextualisation of Wesselmann's work within the Pop Art zeitgeist paves the way for immersion into his wide-ranging yet very distinctive oeuvre.
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The most comprehensive exhibition ever dedicated to Tom Wesselmann .
Published to accompany Fondation Louis Vuitton's exhibition, which will be held from October 2024 to February 2025
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Editions Gallimard
Imprint: Gallimard
Country of Publication: France
Dimensions:
Height: 290mm,
Width: 250mm,
Spine: 35mm
Weight: 2.250kg
ISBN: 9782073075987
ISBN 10: 2073075983
Pages: 348
Publication Date: 01 December 2024
Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified
8 Foreword Bernard Arnault 10 Preface Suzanne Pagé 17 Wesselmann and Pop Forever: Dream and Reality in a Theoretically Real World Dieter Buchhart 31 Tom Wesselmann: From “Superreality” to Participation Anna Karina Hofbauer 39 Between a Sexual and an Aesthetic Revolution: Tom Wesselmann and the Art of Subversion Brenda Schmahmann 45 “The spontaneity, the false lines, etc.”: Wesselmann and Drawing Isabelle Dervaux 53 Cozy Perspective Olivier Michelon 184 Interview “ATTRACTION AND PROVOCATION” Derrick Adams by Dieter Buchhart and Anna Karina Hofbauer 196 Interview “FLOATING IN A BEAUTIFUL ATMOSPHERE” Tomokazu Matsuyama by Dieter Buchhart and Anna Karina Hofbauer 214 Interview “SO PLEASE HAVE YOUR NAILS DONE” Danièle Thompson by Dieter Buchhart and Anna Karina Hofbauer 228 Interview “A NEW VISUAL LANGUAGE THAT SCREAMS TO BE SEEN AND HEARD” Mickalene Thomas by Dieter Buchhart and Anna Karina Hofbauer 256 Interview “AN ALMOST SCIENTIFIC AND EXTREMELY METICULOUS APPROACH” Monica Serra by Anna Karina Hofbauer 333 Postface How big should it be? Jeffrey Sturges Chronology Tatjana Andrea Borodin 344 Authors’ Biographies 345 Selected solo exhibitions 347 Selected bibliography
Reviews for Pop Forever - Tom Wesselmann
""...goes beyond your standard retrospective, recontextualising Wesselmann's oeuvre for a more diverse and younger audience."" -Exhibition review, Wallpaper* ""...offers a deeply comprehensive look at Pop Art's enduring significance."" -Exhibition review, The Observer ""...rewrites the Pop Art narrative and proves that the world is ready for the gargantuan vision of one of the movement's forebears."" -Exhibition review, Artnet
