POP ART
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POP ART Unit 2: Art by Design AVI 2O What is Pop Art? • “Pop Art” is an abbreviation for “Popular Art” • Pop Art is an art movement that draws inspiration from sources in popular and commercial culture. • used common everyday objects to portray elements of popular culture, primarily images in advertising and television. When and Where Did the Pop Art Movement Take Place? • Pop Art emerged in the mid 1950s in England. • It came to New York in the '60s where it began to gain far more attention. • It carried on throughout the 1970s and 1980s. What is the Focus of the Subject Matter? • Popular and commercial culture provided the inspirtation for Pop Art. • Subject matter included Hollywood movies, advertising, packaging, pop music and comic books. Who Are Some Important Pop Artists and What Does Their Work Look Like? Andy Warhol 1928-1987 American, worked out of NYC Media: print making, painting, film Andy Warhol Campell’s Soup Can Silk Screen Print, 1962 Andy Warhol Andy Warhol "The Souper Dress", Dress, ca. 1966–1967; New York, United States Andy Warhol plywood boxes with serigraph and acrylic boxes: 43.2 x 43.2 x 35.6 cm each Purchased 1967 National Gallery of Canada Andy Warhol Marylin Silk Screen Print New York, United States Andy Warhol Che Guevara Silk Screen Print United States Andy Warhol Elvis Priestly Andy Warhol Mick Jager Muhammad Ali Andy Warhol Andy Warhol Birth of Venus (Details of Renaissance Paintings), 1984 The Original by Sandro Boticelli, c. 1482-1486 Roy Lichtenstein 1923-1997 American, worked in NYC Media: painting, vinyl Roy Lichtenstein Girl With Hair Ribbon Acrylic on Canvas, 1965 Roy Lichtenstein Still Life with Crystal Bowl 1973 Magna on canvas 52 x 42 in Whitney Museum of American Art, New York Roy Lichtenstein Roy Lichtenstein Masterpiece Acrylic on Canvas, 1962 Roy Lichtenstein Roy Lichtenstein Meat Acrylic on Canvas, 1962 Claes Oldenburg 1929-Present Sweden, US Citizen 1953 Media: painting, vinyl Claes Oldenburg Spoon Bridge & Cherry 1988, Minneapolis MN Stainless steel and aluminum painted with polyurethane enamel Claes Oldenburg Claes Oldenburg Claes Oldenburg Apple Core, 1997 Israel Museum, Jerusulum Stainless Steel and FibreGlass Claes Oldenburg 1929-Present Sweden, US Citizen 1953 Media: painting, vinyl Claes Oldenburg Clothespin, 1976 Philedelphia, PA Claes Oldenburg Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen Robert Rauschenberg 1925-Present American Media: painting, collage, mixed media Robert Rauschenberg Retroactive I Mixed Media Robert Rauschenberg Robert Rauschenberg Riding Bikes, 1962 Flourescent Lighting and Steel Robert Rauschenberg Robert Rauschenberg People for the American Way Painting and Ink Transfer Keith Haring 1958-1990 American, Pennsylvania Media: acrylic paint, vinyl panit, spray paint, chalk, magic marker Untitled, 1988 Acrylic on Canvas 300cm x 340cm Keith Haring Monkey Puzzle, 1988 acrylic on canvas 120 inch diameter 304.8 centimeter diameter Keith Haring Untitled, 1982 Enamel and dayglo on metal 72 x 1 1/2 x 90 1/2 inches Keith Haring Keith Haring Pisa Mural, 1989 This mural is painted on the exterior wall of the Church of Sant'Antonio. It was executed at the request of the City of Pisa and still exists. Keith Haring Keith Haring Installation, 1982 Shafrazi Gallery Keith Haring Keith Haring Poster Free South Africa, 1985 Keith Haring 20 drawings, 1989 Gouche and ink on paper 25x30 inches Keith Haring Silence = Death, 1989 acrylic on canvas 40 x 40 inches 101.6 x 101.6 cm Keith Haring Keith Haring Untitled, 1990 Paint on BMW Why did the Pop Art Movement Happen and What’s the Point of it? • Pop Art made commentary on contemporary society and culture, particularly consumerism, by using popular images and icons and incorporating and re-defining them in the art world. • Often subjects were derived from advertising and product packaging, celebrities, and comic strips. • The images are presented with a combination of humor, criticism and irony. In doing this, the movement put art into terms of everyday, contemporary life. • It also helped to decrease the gap between "high art" and "low art" and eliminated the distinction between fine art and commercial art methods.
