* 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