New Painting of Common Objects

The eight artists included were: Roy Lichtenstein, Jim Dine, Andy Warhol, Phillip Hefferton, Robert Dowd, Edward Ruscha, Joe Goode and Wayne Thiebaud.

It was curated by Walter Hopps, who had given Andy Warhol his first solo show at the Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles the previous year.

Lichtenstein, Hefferton and Dowd had previously worked in the Abstract Expressionist style.

The youngest members of the group, old highschool friends Ruscha (24) and Goode (25), had recently left art school and were supporting themselves with graphic design work and odd jobs.

[2] In particular, Ruscha worked as a layout artist for the Carson-Roberts Advertising Agency in Los Angeles.