Benjamin Henry Day
invented printing in shades of grey
In comics there are lots&lots
of his famous Benday dots
WITH BENDAY ART
did Lichtenstein go dotty?
a symmetric eclectic
of film,society politic-
portraits defined
in Andy's graphic line
&
Comic book style Roy Lichtenstein
made Pop Art a genre to mine
His usp easy to recognise
no attempt to dress or disguise
ambivalent pastiche shots
in Benday
dots
in shaded Benday dots-
she creates a niche
ambivalent pastiche
in Benday
dots
Pop Art's Roy Lichtenstein
found fame with benday & line
Paintings large & dramatiique
appear as fun & part comique
motifs benday
pinpointed
raster dots
enlarged cliches
cartooned nuanced
in new dimensions
the familiar
fantasized
stylised
reorientations
in overlapped
matrix fields
of the moment
of thoughts
quickened
by inspiration.
Lichtenstein places a benday dot
Roy Lichtenstein-
Benday dots ...dots...dots...
FOOTLE
AROUND THE CLOCK
Juke box
room rocks
OLD AGE
same chat
off pat
TEEENAGE
back chat
off pat
SEPTIMAL
ART TROUVE
lost and found
upon the
beach
INTERNATIONAL SET
Hollywood-
gone with the
wind
FILLING IN
did Benday
give ground to
Roy
PERFECT SIX
Rock
n' roll-
two-beat blues
WHISPERING CAMPAIGN
in
the wind-
rumour mill
END OF STORY
and
thereby
hangs a tail
Hear me recite this poems at POETIC FORMS A on youtube
http://youtu.be/n2xmrDywcQ
comic
cuts
no ifs
or
buts
cartoon
colour
Benday
dots
joined-up
large-scale
real
strips
of
popular
appeal
ART TROUVE
lost and found-
upon the
beach
CONCEPTUAL ART
ideas
beyond my
ken
LAND ART
location
changes our
view
FILLING IN
did Benday
give ground to
Roy
did Benday
give ground to
Roy
Vicki by Lichtenstein
http://www.soho-art.com/cgi-bin/shop/shop.pl?fid=1057974456&cgifunction=form
A
simple
minded style-
meticulous
art
in
shaded
Benday dots-
she creates a
niche
Ekphrasis after Roy Lichtenstein
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