* DECONSTRUCTING ROY LICHTENSTEIN *
	ARTIST DAVID BARSALOU CONTINUES TO FIND MORE OF THE ORIGINAL COMIC BOOK SOURCE IMAGES POP ARTIST ROY LICHTENSTEIN USED FOR HIS PAINTINGS, DRAWINGS, AND PRINTS. THEY WERE FIRST SHOWN AT SEE GALLERY SPRINGFIELD, MASS. IN SEPTEMBER OF 2000. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT ROY LICHTENSTEIN'S COMIC BOOK SOURCE IMAGES WERE EVER EXHIBITED TOGETHER. "DECONSTRUCTING ROY LICHTENSTEIN" IS A  REGISTERED TRADEMARK OF ARTIST DAVID BARSALOU ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 2000
	THE IDEA AND CONCEPT FOR   "DECONSTRUCTING ROY LICHTENSTEIN" BEGAN IN THE FALL OF 1979. IT STARTED AS A RESEARCH PROJECT I PRESENTED ON ROY LICHTENSTEIN, MEL RAMOS, AND ANDY WARHOL WHILE   A STUDENT AT HARTFORD ART SCHOOL. EACH ARTIST IN THE EARLY 1960'S WAS USING COMIC BOOK IMAGERY IN THEIR WORK. I BEGAN SEARCHING FOR THE INDIVIDUAL COMICS WHICH CONTAINED THE ORIGINAL IMAGES. SINCE THEN, I HAVE LOCATED OVER 90% OF THE ORIGINALS.   IN 1979 THERE WERE ONLY THREE PUBLISHED LICHTENSTEIN SOURCES " GIRL WITH BALL", " THE WHOLE ROOM ", AND "IMAGE DUPLICATOR ". WITH NONE FOR RAMOS, AND WARHOL. THE VERY FIRST IMAGE I FOUND WAS "GOOD MORNING DARLING" IN 1978. SINCE THEN I HAVE EXAMINED OVER 25,000 COMIC BOOKS... AND THE SEARCH GOES ON. MANY THANKS TO PROFESSOR SHERRY BUCKBURROUGH   FOR HER SUPPORT AND INSPIRATION IN CONTEMPORARY ART. "THIS  PROJECT ORIGINATED IN YOUR CLASS!!"
	DAVID BARSALOU VISUAL ARTS DEPT. CHAIR HIGH SCHOOL OF COMMERCE 415 STATE STREET SPRINGFIELD, MASS. 01105 (413) 787-7220  ext. 4301 barsaloud@sps.springfield.ma.us

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