Roy Lichtenstein, Tall Mountains, 1996.
Estate of Roy Lichtenstein
We’ve always suspected that Roy Lichtenstein was more than just a Pop artist. Isn’t all that “It’s . . . It’s Not an Engagement Ring, Is It?” banality only a cover for the weird shapes you get with blowups of undifferentiated front teeth, or the strange blue-black color combination in comic-book wavy hair? Now along comes a show that aims to prove it: “Roy Lichtenstein: Inside/Outside” marshals 120 works to demonstrate, in the words of MCA director Bonnie Clearwater, that “Lichtenstein studied how the human mind comprehends space in two and three dimensions . . . [his] methods in fact . . . reflect an interest in phenomenology.” Why Roy, darling, soon you’ll be the Merleau-Ponty of Miami!
