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'''''Takka Takka!''''' is a 1962 [[pop art]] painting by [[Roy Lichtenstein]] that uses his classic [[Ben-Day dots]] and a [[text balloon]]. This work is held in the collection of the [[Museum Ludwig]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lichtensteinfoundation.org/coll1.htm|title=Lichtensteins in Museums|accessdate=2013-06-22|publisher=LichtensteinFoundation.org}}</ref> The title comes from the [[onomatopoeic]] graphics that depict the sound |
'''''Takka Takka!''''' is a 1962 [[pop art]] painting by [[Roy Lichtenstein]] that uses his classic [[Ben-Day dots]] and a [[text balloon]]. This work is held in the collection of the [[Museum Ludwig]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lichtensteinfoundation.org/coll1.htm|title=Lichtensteins in Museums|accessdate=2013-06-22|publisher=LichtensteinFoundation.org}}</ref> The title comes from the [[onomatopoeic]] graphics that depict the sound of machine guns. |
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[[File:Takka Takka source.jpg|thumb|left|The source of ''Takka Takka'' is Battlefield Action #40 (c), February 1962, Charlton Comics Group.]] |
[[File:Takka Takka source.jpg|thumb|left|The source of ''Takka Takka'' is Battlefield Action #40 (c), February 1962, Charlton Comics Group.]] |
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Lichtenstein was a trained [[United States Army]] pilot, draftsman and artist as well as a [[World War II]] |
Lichtenstein was a trained [[United States Army]] pilot, draftsman and artist as well as a [[World War II]] veteran who never saw active combat.<ref name="Chron">{{cite web|url=http://www.lichtensteinfoundation.org/lfchron1.htm|title=Chronology|accessdate=2013-06-09|publisher=Roy Lichtenstein Foundation}}</ref><ref name = "HWaW">{{cite book| author = David McCarthy| coauthors = Horace Clifford Westermann| title = H.C. Westermann at War: Art and Manhood in Cold War America| url = http://books.google.com/?id=Si6QJBrxtRMC&pg=PA71| year = 2004| publisher = University of Delaware Press| isbn = 978-0-87413-871-9| page = 71 }}</ref> The work depicts a [[machine gun]] firing as it is situated above the [[camouflage]] of [[palm frond]]s during the [[Battle of Guadalcanal]]. The image shows [[shell casing]]s and a [[grenade]] in mid flight. An explosion is stylized with the titular phrase.<ref name="FoS">{{cite book| last = Weisenburger| first = Steven| title = Fables of Subversion: Satire and the American Novel| url = http://books.google.com/?id=tIDNu7Lr0d4C&pg=PA112| accessdate = 2013-06-23| date = 1995| publisher = [[University of Georgia Press]]| isbn = 0820316687| pages = 112–113 }}</ref> The source of ''Takka Takka'' is Battlefield Action #40 (February 1962, Charlton Comics Group).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://image-duplicator.com/main.php?decade=60&year=62&work_id=81#|title=Takka Takka|accessdate=2013-06-24|publisher=LichtensteinFoundation.org}}</ref> |
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Lichtenstein's reinterpretation of the original comic image eliminates the [[horizon]] line and other indications of [[depth of field]].<ref name=FoS/> He also eliminates the human element by removing a hand, a helmet and the Japanese rising sun emblem.<ref name=FoS/> |
Lichtenstein's reinterpretation of the original comic image eliminates the [[horizon]] line and other indications of [[depth of field]].<ref name=FoS/> He also eliminates the human element by removing a hand, a helmet and the Japanese rising sun emblem.<ref name=FoS/> |
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Revision as of 18:40, 26 June 2013
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| Artist | Roy Lichtenstein |
| Year | 1962 |
| Type | Pop art |
| Dimensions | 142.2 cm × 172.7 cm (56 in × 68 in) |
| Location | Museum Ludwig |
Takka Takka! is a 1962 pop art painting by Roy Lichtenstein that uses his classic Ben-Day dots and a text balloon. This work is held in the collection of the Museum Ludwig.[1] The title comes from the onomatopoeic graphics that depict the sound of machine guns.
Background
Lichtenstein was a trained United States Army pilot, draftsman and artist as well as a World War II veteran who never saw active combat.[2][3] The work depicts a machine gun firing as it is situated above the camouflage of palm fronds during the Battle of Guadalcanal. The image shows shell casings and a grenade in mid flight. An explosion is stylized with the titular phrase.[4] The source of Takka Takka is Battlefield Action #40 (February 1962, Charlton Comics Group).[5]
Lichtenstein's reinterpretation of the original comic image eliminates the horizon line and other indications of depth of field.[4] He also eliminates the human element by removing a hand, a helmet and the Japanese rising sun emblem.[4]
Lichtenstein stated that he does not take his militaristic subjects seriously: "the heroes depicted in comic books are fascist types, but I don't take them seriously in these paintings—maybe there is a point in not taking them seriously, a political point. I use them for purely formal reasons."[6]
Critical response
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The Washingtonian critic Sophie Gilbert, regards Takka Takka (along with Bratatat!) as exemplary of Lichtenstein's "aggressive, hyper-masculine war paintings" due to the depiction of the guns creating sound effects and the use of onomatopoeic words during military conflict.[7]
Takka Takka, with its disruption of the primary narrative clause by text focused on absent details about the past or omitted present, is described as "the most unlikely conjunction of picture and story".[8] The work is regarded as one in which Lichtenstein over-exaggerated comic book sound effects in common pop art style.[9]
Lichtenstein's reimagining creates a tension between the narrative and graphical content because the "exhausted soldiers" are absent, using pop culture to call into question the way in which war lionizes its heroes.[4] The work's use of the "cartoon idiom in combination with elements of written language" demonstrates that art does not necessarily have to present the "horrors of war" in order to be forceful.[10]
Notes
- ^ "Lichtensteins in Museums". LichtensteinFoundation.org. Retrieved 2013-06-22.
- ^ "Chronology". Roy Lichtenstein Foundation. Retrieved 2013-06-09.
- ^ David McCarthy (2004). H.C. Westermann at War: Art and Manhood in Cold War America. University of Delaware Press. p. 71. ISBN 978-0-87413-871-9.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ a b c d Weisenburger, Steven (1995). Fables of Subversion: Satire and the American Novel. University of Georgia Press. pp. 112–113. ISBN 0820316687. Retrieved 2013-06-23.
- ^ "Takka Takka". LichtensteinFoundation.org. Retrieved 2013-06-24.
- ^ Naremore, James (1991). Naremore, James and Patrick M. Brantlinger (ed.). Modernity and Mass Culture. Indiana University Press. p. 208. ISBN 0253206278. Retrieved 2013-06-23.
- ^ Gilbert, Sophie (2012-10-11). "Art Preview: "Roy Lichtenstein: A Retrospective" at the National Gallery of Art". The Washingtonian. Retrieved 2013-06-23.
- ^ Steiner, Wendy (1987). Pictures of Romance: Form against Context in Painting and Literature. University Of Chicago Press. p. 157. ISBN 0226772292.
- ^ Brooker, Will (2001). Batman Unmasked: Analyzing a Cultural Icon. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 182. ISBN 0826413439. Retrieved 2013-06-23.
- ^ Honnef, Klaus (2004). Grosenick, Uta (ed.). Pop Art. Taschen. p. 50. ISBN 3822822183. Retrieved 2013-06-23.
