Objective Critique

Marilyn Diptych is a pop art piece from 1962. It uses the repetition of a singular image of pop icon Marilyn Monroe on one side with bright vibrant colors and on the other black and white printed images. On the side with the black and white the images go from being crisp and dark to fading away near the far edge of the piece. This piece uses shape to create a repetition throughout the piece. Color is used to create a sense of contrast in the piece, from the dramatically colored side, to the photographic black and white side. The piece also has a variety about the repetition created by texture of the two different sides, from the thick colors on one side to the dull grainy feeling of the black and white side.