Pop Forever - Tom Wesselmann (English Edition)

Exhibition Catalogue Pop Forever - Tom Wesselmann, presented at the Foundation Louis Vuitton, Paris (17 october, 2024 - 24 february, 2025).

Focusing on Tom Wesselmann (1931-2004), one of the leading figures of the movement, with 150 works,the catalogue also features 70 works by 35 artists from different generations and nationalities who share a "Pop" sensibility, spanning from its Dadaist roots to its contemporary extensions, from the 1920s to today.

Born in 1931, Tom Wesselmann began painting in the late 1950s. Though an admirer of the visual impact of American abstract painters, he embraced the iconographic vocabulary of his time, incorporating advertising, billboards, images, and objects in his work. He consciously pursued the classical genres of painting (still life, nude, landscape) while broadening the horizons of his art, both in terms of subject matter and technique. Halfway between painting and sculpture, his works also incorporate multimedia elements (light, movement, sound, video).

In addition to works by Tom Wesselmann, the catalogue include works by Derrick Adams, Ai Weiwei, Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Evelyne Axell, Thomas Bayrle, Frank Bowling, Rosalyn Drexler, Marcel Duchamp, Sylvie Fleury, Lauren Halsey, Richard Hamilton, David Hammons, Jann Haworth, Barkley L. Hendricks, Hannah Höch, Jasper Johns, KAWS, Kiki Kogelnik, Jeff Koons, Yayoi Kusama, Roy Lichtenstein, Marisol, Tomokazu Matsuyama, Claes Oldenburg, Meret Oppenheim, Eduardo Paolozzi, Robert Rauschenberg, Martial Raysse, James Rosenquist, Kurt Schwitters, Marjorie Strider, Do Ho Suh, Mickalene Thomas, Andy Warhol, Tadanori Yokoo…