Werner Berges, Allen Jones, Richard Lindner, Mel Ramos
Pop Art
Jan 17th – Feb 15th, 2025
Opening: 17. Jan. 2025 | 6 – 9 pm
Location: LEVY Berlin, Alt-Moabit 110, 10559 Berlin
Pop Art is inextricably linked to the aesthetics of consumption, body and desire. The exhibition at the LEVY Galerie focuses on works on paper of Werner Berges, Allen Jones, Richard Lindner and Mel Ramos, supplemented by selected works, and thus explores the origins of an art form that continues to fascinate – and raise questions – to this day.
The earliest works of Pop Art are over 60 years old and yet they are as relevant today as they were then. Our world is characterized more than ever by short-lived consumption, self-optimization and ostentation. Whether Instagram, Snap Chat or Tik Tok, every second viewers consume advertising, products and, above all, people themselves as a projection surface for the desire for accomplishment. The female body in particular continues to serve as both a marketing tool and a target. The exhibition Pop Art takes a look at the ambivalence of a genre that constantly questions the fascination with the body and consumption, but never completely dissolves it.