M-Maybe (A Girl's Picture)
Roy Lichtenstein’s pop art painting M-Maybe reflects childhood comics. It commands our attention with nostalgic dots. They evoke the newsprint of yesteryear’s comics. Still, Lichtenstein uses this technique in only two facets of the painting. He differentiates aspects within the portrait. Lichtenstein uses dots to color the woman’s face and skin as well as reflective surfaces.
The Pop Art painter thus emphasizes her most human traits with this choice. He also reflects that back to us, the viewer. Mirrors are the only other polka dotted parts of the painting. That’s how the artist communicates the painting’s theme – being human. It’s an ironic painting. But there’s no mocking here. He elevates the art of comics rather than dismissing it. We see that in the careful reworking of comic representation here.
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