Industry and the Arts (I) 1969

Roy Lichtenstein’s print "Industry and the Arts (I)" from 1969, it’s got that signature Pop Art vibe. I just love the way he divides the pictorial field here. On one side, you've got all this blue, dotted, industrial imagery—smokestacks, gears, a factory. Then, BAM, it's like a complete flip to the other side, exploding with yellow, classical columns, musical notes, and even what looks like a laurel. The guy or woman in the center reminds me of Picasso somehow. You know, Lichtenstein was really in conversation with art history, but also super plugged into contemporary culture. It's like he’s asking: Can these two worlds – the factory floor and the concert hall – coexist? Can we find harmony between the mechanical and the lyrical? It’s like a visual mashup, that, in the end, leaves it open to us.