Lichtenstein; A San Fran Critique

For as long as I can remember, I have loved art. It has brought me tremendous escape throughout my life. However, I never quite understood the Pop Art movement. I am more of a "Classic" Girl myself and I found Pop Art to be very meaningless and extremely uninteresting.

My grandfather however has a passion for modern art and he is a lifetime member and donor to the San Francisco Musseum of Modern Art. As you can see, our contrasting veiws on this topic have often lead to late night debates whenever were together. Therefore, a couple of months ago he made me go with him to the opening of a Lichtenstein exhibit and my opinion on Pop Art completely changed. I realized that even Pop Art can contain great depth and personality without being fake, and I think I was extremely lucky to have participated in veiwing this work. I loved how he used just a few words or phrazes to express the dynamics of the peice. I find that it is sometimes harder to find one word to describe an emotion or action, rather than using a thousand. ( I think this is what shows his geneius )

Therefore, I was wondering if anyone else has had an experience like mine, about how you could completely feel one way all your life, and a certain painting, sculpture, photo, collage etc. has completely changed your mind and made you reevaluate yourself and your convictions concerning art?

If you would like to know more about the San Francisco Museum, or if you are in the area, here is their address http://www.sfmoma.org/