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The artist is using a style of painting that looks like a comic strip found in any dime store rag. Lichtenstein has taken something from ordinary life and changed the context in which we see it. He?s changed the context by removing an image from any cheap comic and placed it onto expensive canvas using expensive oils and pastels. His image has also been placed in a gallery or museum; this is a drastic change from the image?s intended purpose in the hands of a child. When a single frame from a comic strip is enlarged to over thirteen feet long, how is its impact changed? How has the artist used

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images from popular culture to comment on American society and values? Remember, you must consider the context in which the artist was working from, which would be the 1960's. This is over a decade after the end of the World War II, what changes were taking place in America? Did the artist like, dislike, or was he ambivalent to these changes? Consider these questions and type your thoughts in the space provided.