European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 29, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                G tr3 i ii of i � daily Magazine top of the pop crop crops up in Munich by James Gunter is Munich Bureau chief the big 8," by Robert Indiana who s from new York. New yorker Roy Lichtenstein having a Ball of  he had to hop to cop the top crop but a wealthy German collector has managed to unveil in Munich the most extensive assemblage of pop and of Arlever Hung in this part of the world. Cosmetics King Karl Stroeher whose Beauty preparation business in Darm Stadt operates a Chain of Hairdresser shops around the world said he recently flew to new York to buy the Kraushar collection which makes up the bulk of his show. It includes Andy Warhol s soup cans and scouring pad boxes Roy Lichtenstein s oversize comic strip panel Sand More than 150 works by other pop  among the paintings is Warhol s do it yourself a Large numbered Seascape which allows the View ers to fill in the colors and Tom Wes Sellmann s nude in the bathroom a concoction which includes a real honest to goodness toilet seat paper Holder com plete with paper and a rack with re Towel. Every artist must be Given a Hance to express his views said Stroeher. We have had an Art revolution since the turn of the Century and i think the abstract non objective schools a healthy reaction to the romanticism of the 1800s."a few of the items in Stroeher s new show could be classified As abstract non objective Art but most Are As objective As Warhol s overprinted faces of Jackie Marilyn and Liz and As his paintings of $1 Bills or As Concrete Srobert Watts chair a real chair out lined with Neon strips which Burn brightly during viewing hours. The exhibit which fills two floors of the Neue Pina Kotchek s West Wing in Munich includes sculptures like Joh Chamberlain s smashed Auto creations. The Entrance to the exhibition is dominated by giant plaster figures perform ing on genuine electric guitar and Drums in George Segal s  Roll the pop Art Era clearly belongs to the americans and most of the show came from new York artists such Scarl Andre Richard Artschwager Jim Dine Dan Flavin Robert Indiana Jas per Johns Kuril lot Robert Morris Ken Neth Noland Claes Oldenburg Rober Rauschenberg James Rosenquist and Frank Stella. Stroeher said he consider Warhol and Lichtenstein the giants of the  collector also has included a few Allied pieces from Rome Paris Madrid Barcelona and a couple of abstracts from Willi Baumeister of Stuttgart Aswell As a Large number of the non conformist works by Josef buys of dues Meldorf. Buys smears Large blobs of Marga Rine on old boards and his works Are Likely to stink up the entire exhibit be fore it is taken Down aug. 9 for showing in Darmstadt. Stroeher said the show will go to Hamburg in the fall. Buys also ties packets of newspapers to old cabinets filled with junk in what might be called a satirical commentary on the legacy of a meaningless world. Just try writing a letter on Claes Oldenburg s soft  saturday june 29, 1968 the stars and stripes Andy Warhol still recovering from gunshot wound beat Elvis Presley to the draw in this Silkscreen print. Page 11