Pop Art The Art of Popular Culture Emerged

Pop Art The Art of Popular Culture

• Emerged in the 1950’s in Great Britain and the United States • Reflected the optimism of the post war consumer boom • Pop music and youth culture was becoming global • Exemplified by Elvis and the Beatles

• Challenged the traditions of fine art • Used imagery from advertising and news Coca-Cola 5 Bottles by Andy Warhol • Often incorporates roduct labeling and advertising

Artists Richard Hamilton and Eduardo Paolozzi founded the Independent Group • Group of artists, architects, and writers that explored radical approaches to modern visual culture • Paolozzi gave a lecture called Bunk which took an ironic look at the all. American lifestyle • Created the first artwork to include the word ‘pop’

I was a Rich Man’s Plaything by Eduardo Paollozzi

Andy Warhol (1928 -1987) • An American artist who was a leading figure in the Pop Art Movement

• He explored the relationship between artistic expression, celebrity culture, and advertisement • He used many types of media - drawing -silk screening - painting - sculpture - printmaking - film - photography - music

• Wanted to be free of class driven establishment • Wanted a more inclusive, youthful culture • Embraced the social influences of mass media and mass production Green Coca-Cola Bottles By Andy Warhol 1962

• His studio was called The Factory – a well known gathering place for intellectuals, drag queens, playwrights, Bohemian street people, Hollywood celebrities, and wealthy people.

• Warhol managed and produced The Velvet Underground – a rock band that had a strong influence on the evolution of punk rock

• Founded Interview Magazine • Authored numerous books • Lived as an openly gay man before the gay liberation movement • He coined the expression “ 15 minutes of fame”

Most famous Warhol Paintings: Marilyn Diptych • Created the same year she died 1962 • Represents her mortality

Myths – Series • Series of silkscreened portraits of 10 fictional characters taken from pop culture • All were inlaid with diamond dust which made them shine with soft light Mickey Mouse 1981

Campbell Soup Cans 1962 • 32 canvases featuring 32 varieties of soup • Lead to Pop Art becoming a major art movement

Roy Lichtenstein (19231997) • An American artist who was another leading figure in the Pop Art Movement.

• His work was inspired by comic strips • Described Pop Art as “not” American painting but rather industrial painting • His work is considered parody • Received a masters of fine arts degree from Ohio State University

La Ilustracion: 20. 1 Roy Lichtenstein

• Lichtenstein taught at Rutgers University where he gained interest in Pop imagery • He used cartoon imagery and techniques derived from the appearance of commercial printing called Ben-Day dots • Also used advertising imagery suggesting consumerism and homemaking

Look Mickey Roy Lichtenstein (1961)

Most famous Lichtenstein paintings : Drowning Girl Roy Lichtenstein (1963)

M-Maybe Roy Lichtenstein (1965)

Whaam! Roy Lichtenstein (1963)