[Atompunk] tonight at BBC4 50s Jeff Koons and Googie

[Viola]

Tonight @ BBC4
Art of America
22:00-23:00 European Time (starting in 1h45 min)
Episode 3: What Lies BeneathSeries  exploring the history of American art 
sees Andrew Graham-Dixon feeling  the pulse of contemporary America. In 
Levittown, he uncovers the dark  side of post-war consumerism and the role 
artists have played in  challenging the status quo. He visits New York's 
Metropolitan Museum to  see the most subversive artwork of 1950s America, 
Jasper Johns's White  Flag, examines Andy Warhol's soup can paintings and 
interviews one of  the last surviving pop artists, James Rosenquist. In Los 
Angeles, he  looks at the graphic style of Ed Ruscha and the city's unique 
contribution to 20th century design - Googie architecture. Back east, 
Andrew visits the home of the late Philip Guston to get a private view  of 
his work, and Jeff Koons's studio to learn how the enfant terrible of 
contemporary art continues to challenge the boundaries of taste.  Finally, 
he explores the impact 9/11 has had on America and how a new  generation of 
artists, such as Matthew Day Jackson, have made sense of  this tragic event.

enjoy!