11 Pop Artists (v. 1): Custom Print I

Artist Peter Phillips (British, born 1939)

Publisher Original Editions, Inc., New York

Date[about 1965]

DimensionsPortfolio: H: 24 1/2 in. (623 mm); W: 20 3/8 in. (518 mm); Depth: 7/8 in. (23 mm).
Sheet: H: 24 in. (610 mm); W: 20 in. (508 mm).

MediumScreenprint in colors on white cardstock

ClassificationPrints

Credit LineGift of Molly and Walter Bareiss

Object number

1984.1220J

Not on View

Label TextBritish Pop artist Peter Phillips draws on the visual language of American consumer culture and mass media, from automobiles to pin-up models. He then fragments, reorganizes, and combines the graphic imagery into bold, dynamic compositions. Modernist critics were horrified by Pop artists’ use of “low” subject matter and their seeming acceptance of this “lowbrow” culture. But prompted by Pop’s emotional remove and the rise of feminism, scholars still debate if these artists accepted or were critiquing popular culture, such as the objectification of women, which is arguably present in this work.Exhibition HistoryToledo Musem of Art, Pop Prints from the TMA Collection, July 7 - Oct. 8, 2006.