Bull VI 1973

Here, at MoMA, we see Roy Lichtenstein's 'Bull VI' with its hard-edged shapes and bold colors. Imagine Lichtenstein at work, simplifying forms, distilling a bull to its most graphic essence. It's all about the act of seeing, reducing, and stylizing into these primaries: red, yellow, and blue. I get a kick out of his choices. Look at the black lines defining the shapes, crisp and clean. They remind me of printmaking, where every mark is deliberate. It feels so Pop, so removed, yet there's something deeply human in the way he abstracts, capturing the bull's essence. The diagonal lines in the red and yellow areas create this weird tension. They’re not quite shading, not quite texture, but definitely giving depth to an otherwise flat surface. It’s like he’s saying, "I know this is flat, but let’s play with the illusion of space." Lichtenstein’s work is part of this ongoing conversation among artists, pushing boundaries, and challenging how we see the world. It’s an invitation to find new meanings in the everyday.