Gather round kiddos, today's "six-column photo of a work of art that I like" is the painting "Look Mickey" by American pop artist Roy Lichtenstein. It was painted in 1961. I love the vibrant colors and the absurd humor.

Some context for this painting: Lichtenstein used a lot of existing works as the source material for his pop art. In this case, it's an illustration from a Disney children's book. As you can see, Lichtenstein added his own embellishments to his piece.

The vibrant colors and the speech balloons (a Lichtenstein pop art staple) give it a comic book look, and the characters aren't faithful re-creations of the original. In fact, the more you compare Lichtenstein's work to the original, the more differences you can spot.

So what is "Look Mickey" supposed to be? A critique? A parody? A deconstruction? It's definitely all of the above. I love pop art because it's not what you'd traditionally call "art." And maybe that's the whole point of it. Hope you liked this thread. Stay tuned for next week!