Wesselmann initially began as an illustrator of comic strips and men’s magazines but received acclaim in the art world for his Great American Nude series in which he depicts numerous patriotic scenes - such as portraits of founding fathers or a photograph of a typically American landscape - using a palette of red white and blue with occasional khaki and gold; the majority of the images were sourced from discarded posters and magazines.
« I was quite content to take other people's work since I didn't care anyway about the subject matter. »
Tom Wesselmann
Working with a number of materials, including Plexiglass, steel and aluminium, Wesselmann is diverse in his creative process and developed the first artistic use of laser-cut metal; Dropped Bra is an exampl
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Wesselmann initially began as an illustrator of comic strips and men’s magazines but received acclaim in the art world for his Great American Nude series in which he depicts numerous patriotic scenes - such as portraits of founding fathers or a photograph of a typically American landscape - using a palette of red white and blue with occasional khaki and gold; the majority of the images were sourced from discarded posters and magazines.
« I was quite content to take other people's work since I didn't care anyway about the subject matter. »
Tom Wesselmann
Working with a number of materials, including Plexiglass, steel and aluminium, Wesselmann is diverse in his creative process and developed the first artistic use of laser-cut metal; Dropped Bra is an example of his acclaimed coloured, metal nudes. (
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