I am for an art that attacks the eyes, I love sight thrills’, says Mel Ramos, one of the leading exponents of American Pop Art. Working with imagery garnered from popular culture and the mass media Ramos’ airbrushed works combine nude pin-up girls from American magazines and advertisements of branded products."
Thirty-five years ago artists such as Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, and James Rosenquist on the East Coast counted among their leading West Coast Pop counterparts Mel Ramos…