In the Showroom, we are presenting an exclusive group of six works by four renowned artists from the Pop Art movement, ranging from 1964 to 1990. Among them are three pieces by the English artist Richard Hamilton. Two of these works deal with a drug scandal in London involving the Rolling Stones, particularly their lead singer Mick Jagger, and Hamilton’s art dealer Robert Fraser, which caused a major stir in the British press. Hamilton was appalled by the rigid English legislation and expressed this artistically in several works. The screenprint Release (1972) bears Hamilton’s demand in its title.

Alongside Shipboard Girl (1964) by Roy Lichtenstein, in his characteristic Ben-Day dot technique, we also see Richard Hamilton’s first screenprint A Little Bit of Roy Lichtenstein for (1964), in which he directly references the art of his friend Roy Lichtenstein.

The delicate multiple First Rosemary Drawing (1990) is by Tom Wesselmann, who was fascinated by the female body throughout his life.

Andy Warhol’s Electric Chair (1971) is also on display, its grim subject softened by a pink color palette.

These works are complemented by sculptural pieces, including a sphere entangled in a thread mesh by the Japanese artist Chiharu Shiota, beautifully titled State of Being (2012), and three (Mongolian) Cow Dung (1990/2009), lost wax casts of cow dung from Mongolia by the Swiss artist Not Vital.