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Pop art. By Brenda Orozco. What is Pop Art?. Pop Art is a art movement where artists focused on familiar objects most common in popular culture, like advertisements This movement started in England in the 1950’s and came to America in the 1960’s. POP ART. Jean Dubuffet. 1901-1985
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Pop art By Brenda Orozco
What is Pop Art? • Pop Art is a art movement where artists focused on familiar objects most common in popular culture, like advertisements • This movement started in England in the 1950’s and came to America in the 1960’s POP ART
Jean Dubuffet 1901-1985 Born in Le Harve, France
Interesting facts about Dubuffet • Age of 17, Dubuffet moved to Paris to study painting at the Académie Julian • Used Impasto (a layer on top of paint) on some paintings • Such as asphalt, pebbles, and glass • Mainly worked in Paris
More Interesting Facts about Dubuffet • By 1924 he gave up art and concentrated running a wine business • Started painting again in 1933 making mainly puppets and masks then gave up again in 1937 • Started again in 1942.
Subject Matter • Artist focused mainly on well known objects found in popular culture such as… • Advertisements • Comic strips
Mediums • Materials Artists used to produce works of art • Acrylic paints • Inks • Also included cloth, wood, plastic, metal.
Artists Involved • Some of the other artists that were involved in this movement were… • Wayne Thiebaud • Richard Hamilton
Dubuffet Worked With… • André Breton and Charles Ratton to establish an Art Brut collection • Located in Switzerland. • Famous Quote • Translated into: Art doesn't go to sleep in the bed made for it. It would sooner run away than say its own name: what it likes is to be incognito. Its best moments are when it forgets what its own name is.
Dubuffet’s Works of Art • Self portrait • 1966 • Marker pen on paper
Parade of Objects 1948
Peuplement des Terres • 1953 • Translates to “Settlement Lands”
Similar Pieces of Art • Theatre de Memoire • Family life (My Favorite)
3-D Art • In New York • Discovery Green park (In Houston Texas)
Bibliography • Artcyclopedia.com • Google.com • Wikipedia.org • Dubuffet.com