Eduardo Paolozzi’s General Dynamic F.U.N.

January 31–May 4, 2014

Lockhart Gallery

Eduardo Paolozzi, An Empire of Silly Statistics… A Fake War for Public Relations, 1970, color photolithograph on acetate. Gift of Nicolo Pignatelli through the Martin S. Ackerman Foundation, 1979.82.10. © Estate of Eduardo Paolozzi/ARS, New York

From across the ocean, British Pop artist Eduardo Paolozzi (1924–2005) absorbed American popular culture with delight and dismay. His 1970 portfolio of screenprints and photolithographs General Dynamic F.U.N. featured 50 dizzying images drawn from the artist’s personal collection of American magazines and comics. Influenced by the collage aesthetic of the Surrealist and Dada movements, Paolozzi poured iconic images of 1960s America—Liz Taylor, television sets, robots, motorcycles, Mickey Mouse and Mr. Peanut—into the blender of his unconscious mind and set it to spin.

This exhibition is presented in honor of the Averell Council of the Memorial Art Gallery.