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Pop Art

Pop Art. Term to refer to “popular” or mass culture Images so commonplace we hardly notice them even though we absorb them totally Artists working in many different styles. Andy Warhol. “Pope of Pop” Began as a commercial artist

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Pop Art

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  1. Pop Art • Term to refer to “popular” or mass culture • Images so commonplace we hardly notice them even though we absorb them totally • Artists working in many different styles

  2. Andy Warhol • “Pope of Pop” • Began as a commercial artist • Believed that in a culture where we are overwhelmed w/ information, mostly thru TV and print there is no longer a need for emotional , meaningful art • "In the future, everyone will be famous for 15 minutes."

  3. 100 Cans, 1962 • They are about sameness • Same brand, same size, same paint surface, same fame as product • They mimic the condition of mass advertising

  4. Campbell’s Soup is something that every American can experience, no matter how rich or poor you are we all get the same, mass-produced soup

  5. No matter who you are we all experience the same Coca-Cola • No one can get a different, or better Coca-Cola

  6. Not only are we bombarded by advertisements, but images of celebrities are pounded into our heads, we are forced to look at them daily

  7. By repeating the same image, Warhol mimics how society is flooded with these images from the media

  8. Claes Oldenburg • Used found materials to make sculptures of objects around him • Enlarged ordinary household objects

  9. Shoestring Potatoes Spilling from a Bag • “Soft sculpture” – surrealistic effect • Enlarged proportions • Illustrates the impact that fast food restaurants have on the American society

  10. 1965 – begins his “monument” proposals • A single object was to be enlarged to gigantic scale and installed at a specific site

  11. Giant Three-Way Plug, 1970

  12. Wanted viewers to stop and think about the products of the industrial and commercial culture • Wants to call attention that we have come to rely on these products

  13. Clothespin, 1976, Philadelphia

  14. Flashlight, 1981 , University of Nevada, Las Vegas

  15. Garden Hose , 1983Germany

  16. Spoonbridge and Cherry, 1988Minneapolis Sculpture Garden, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis

  17. Lipstick (Ascending) on Caterpillar Tracks, 1969-74Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut

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