Two Dancing Indians 1952

Roy Lichtenstein made this woodcut, "Two Dancing Indians," in 1952, and it's a wild tangle of lines and shapes. It's all done in this bold, graphic style, like he's carving out a new way of seeing the world. Check out how Lichtenstein uses these thick, black lines to define the figures. They’re not realistic at all, more like geometric puzzles. There's a raw energy to the carving, you can almost feel the artist wrestling with the wood. The texture of the woodcut gives it a real handmade feel, like a blueprint for a dance. I love the way he’s broken down these figures into such simple forms, it makes you rethink what a body even is. It reminds me a bit of Picasso's cubist experiments, but with a pop art punch. I think what's so cool about this piece is that it's not about perfection, it's about the process and embracing the unexpected.