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Pop ART Christian Faraon. The World During Pop Art Movement A fter World War II The world was Fueled by Consumerism Esp. America Provided Imagery that regular people knew Ex. Celebrities, everyday objects. What is New With Pop Art Pop art brings an Impersonal and Aesthetic centered art form
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The World During Pop Art Movement • After World War II • The world was Fueled by Consumerism Esp. America • Provided Imagery that regular people knew • Ex. Celebrities, everyday objects
What is New With Pop Art • Pop art brings an Impersonal and Aesthetic centered art form • Not focused no sending a message as much as creating a aesthetically pleasing piece • Brought use of media such as printmaking and photography to light
Rejected / what did they not like?: • Pop Art did not like abstract expressionism • Abstract expressionism was about feeling and colour than having a stylistic image
Inspiration: • Pop Art as the name suggests was inspired by “popular” themes • Comic books, and billboard ads • Celebrities • Ready-made art or objects that are found in everyday life • Also objects like Coke or soup which everybody would know
Common Characteristics: • Pop art uses bold colours • Use everyday objects and celebrities • Art style resembles things like newspaper photos, billboard ads comics • makes good use of line
Elvis I and II by andy Warhol (1963) silkscreen ink and spraypaint on linen • Pioneered the use of silkscreen in fine art and has assistants (the Factory) to assist with output • Chose subject matter from everyday life and popular culture: often movie and music icons as well as famous political figures • Meant to imitate / mimic the commercial nature of society from the 1950’s onwards – mass production, packaging, advertising, etc.
Whamm! Roy Lichtenstein (1963) Oil on canvas • Subject matter: comics derived paintings, in direct contrast to abstract art of the 1950’s • Images were stereotypical and therefore familiar to the viewer (not usually in such a large scale) • Painted in oils but used commercial printing method: Benday dots
Shoestring Potatoes Falling out of a Bag by Claes Oldenburg (1966) Mixed Media • Create large-scale 3-dimensional recreations of ordinary objects, out of unusual materials • Played with gravity and soft materials to “give the object back its power” and to shock • Created various witty public monuments (eg. spoon bridge)