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Establishedfollowingthe125thanniversaryoftheChairofFineArtattheUniversityofEdinburghandnamedafterthepainterSirJohnWatsonGordon,theWatsonGordonLecturesTypifythelong-standingpositivecollaborationbetweentheUniversityofEdinburghandtheNationalGalleriesofScotland:twopartnersintheVisualArtsResearchInstituteinEdinburgh.ThefifthlecturewasgivenbyHalFosterofPrincetonUniversity.ProfessorFosterisanacknowledgedexpertonmodernistartandarchitecture,andhasaparticularfascinationwithPopart.Hiswide-ranginglectureonRoyLichtensteinisagrippingengagementwiththemultipleaspectsoftheartist'swork:theconjunctionsofartandtechnology,thesatiricalplayingwithpreviousmoderniststyles,andthesinisterbackgroundofthemilitary-industrialcomplex.