POP ART By Lorena C S M PopArt

POP ART By: Lorena C. S. M

• Pop-Art was invented by British curator Lawrence Alloway in 1955, to describe a new form of "Popular" art - a movement characterized by the imagery of consumerism and popular culture. WHERE DID POP ART COME FROM?

• Pop Art was a visual art movement that emerged in both New York and London during the mid 1950 s • The style focused on mass production, celebrity and the expanding industries of advertisement, TV, radio and print media, shaping a new cultural identity in the field of art and design. • Distinguished by brash, bold, colourful and humorous artwork, Pop Art incorporated many design elements, including different styles of painting, sculpture, collage and street art. INTRODUCTION

• Abstract expressionism was a little earlier than Pop art. • Abstract expressionism was defined by two things: there is no representation of any object, person or place. • Paint is paint, paint is not a person. For this reason, Abstract expressionists also believed that the final image was up to the viewer to interpret, not the artist. WHAT CAME BEFORE?

• The features of Pop Art artworks were: clear lines, sharp paintwork and clear representations of symbols, people and objects found in popular culture. • Pop artists began to look for inspiration in the world around them, representing and at times, making art directly from everyday items, consumer goods, and mass media. • They did this in a straightforward manner, often straight from the can or tube of paint. WHY DID THEY MAKE THEIR ART THE WAY THEY DID?

• The majority of Pop artists began their careers in commercial art, Andy Warhol was an highly successful magazine illustrator and graphic designer • James Rosenquist started his career as a billboard painter. Their background in the commercial art world trained them in the visual vocabulary of mass culture Other famous artists are: • • Tom Wesselmann Roy Lichtenstein Eduardo Paolozzi Robert Indiana MAIN ARTISTS

• Pop art has become one of the most recognizable styles of modern art. • Pop Art was brash, young and fun and hostile to the artistic establishment. HOW IS IT DIFFERENT FROM OTHER ART?

• Marilyn Monroe died in August 1962. • In the following four months, Warhol made more than twenty silkscreen paintings of her, all based on the same publicity photograph from the 1953 film Niagara. • Warhol found in Monroe a fusion of two of his consistent themes: death and the cult of celebrity. • The contrast of vivid colour with black and white, and the effect of fading in the right panel are suggestive of the star’s mortality. Marilyn Diptych (1962) – Andy Warhol

• A young beautiful woman is sinking under the water during what appears to be a turbulent storm, thinks to herself that she would rather drown than call for Brad to come help her. • The image is humorous because of the statement that it makes about drama in our culture. Drowning Girl (1963) - Roy Lichtenstein

• It shows his fascination with popular culture and technology, as well as with the glamour of American consumerism. • The title refers to Henry Ford's famous statement ''History is more or less bunk. . We want to live in the present''. It reflects Paolozzi's belief that his work should respond to contemporary culture. EDUARDO PAOLOZZI 'I was a Rich Man's Plaything' , 1947 (collage)

Robert Indiana – Love (1967) • Robert Indiana created poems, sculptures, paintings, silk screens and posters. • His most famous sculpture is called Love and it was conceived in a time when the United States was consumed by the Vietnam War and it was more a symbol of Peace as well as one of the most celebrated works within the pop art movement around the world. POP ART SCULPTURE

• The collage is made up of all the aspects of 1950 s life that supposedly made life so different and so appealing. • Every object within the scene holds some significance and makes a statement about American identity. Just What is it that makes today’s home so different, so appealing? (1956) - Richard Hamilton

• Pop Art is so popular today that it’s used for creating birthday cards, t-shirts, badges, calendars, posters, canvases, so it’s really hard to ignore. • The features of this art, like the bright colors and the prints haven’t yet faded and I seriously doubt that they’ll ever will, as the popular movement still continues to fascinate people today. POP ART NOW

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