Post on 21-Jan-2016
POP ARTUnit 2: Art by Design
AVI 2O
What is Pop Art?
• “Pop Art” is an abbreviation for “Popular Art”
• Pop Art is an art movement that draws inspiration from sources in popular and commercial culture.
• used common everyday objects to portray elements of popular culture, primarily images in advertising and television.
When and Where Did the Pop Art Movement Take
Place?• Pop Art emerged in the mid 1950s in
England.
• It came to New York in the '60s where it began to gain far more attention.
• It carried on throughout the 1970s and 1980s.
What is the Focus of the Subject Matter?
• Popular and commercial culture provided the inspirtation for Pop Art.
• Subject matter included Hollywood movies, advertising, packaging, pop music and comic books.
?Who Are Some Important
Pop Artists and What Does Their Work Look Like?
Andy Warhol 1928-1987
American, worked out of NYC
Media: print making, painting, film
Andy WarholCampell’s Soup CanSilk Screen Print, 1962
Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol
"The Souper Dress", Dress,
ca. 1966–1967;New York, United States
Andy Warhol plywood boxes with serigraph and acrylicboxes: 43.2 x 43.2 x 35.6 cm eachPurchased 1967National Gallery of Canada
Andy Warhol
Marylin
Silk Screen Print
New York, United States
Andy Warhol
Che Guevara
Silk Screen Print
United States
Andy Warhol
Elvis Priestly
Andy Warhol
Muhammad AliMick Jager
Andy Warhol
Andy WarholBirth of Venus (Details of Renaissance Paintings), 1984
The Original by Sandro Boticelli, c. 1482-1486
Roy Lichtenstein 1923-1997
American, worked in NYC
Media: painting, vinyl
Roy LichtensteinGirl With Hair RibbonAcrylic on Canvas, 1965
Roy Lichtenstein
Still Life with Crystal Bowl1973Magna on canvas52 x 42 inWhitney Museum of American Art, New York
Roy Lichtenstein
Roy LichtensteinMasterpieceAcrylic on Canvas, 1962
Roy Lichtenstein
Roy LichtensteinMeatAcrylic on Canvas, 1962
Claes Oldenburg 1929-Present
Sweden, US Citizen 1953
Media: painting, vinyl
Claes OldenburgSpoon Bridge & Cherry1988, Minneapolis MNStainless steel and aluminum painted with polyurethane
enamel
Claes Oldenburg
Claes Oldenburg
Claes Oldenburg
Apple Core, 1997
Israel Museum, Jerusulum
Stainless Steel and FibreGlass
Claes Oldenburg 1929-Present
Sweden, US Citizen 1953
Media: painting, vinyl
Claes Oldenburg
Clothespin, 1976
Philedelphia, PA
Claes Oldenburg
Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen
Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen
Robert Rauschenberg 1925-Present
American
Media: painting, collage, mixed media
Robert Rauschenberg
Retroactive I
Mixed Media
Robert Rauschenberg
Robert Rauschenberg
Riding Bikes, 1962
Flourescent Lighting and Steel
Robert Rauschenberg
Robert Rauschenberg
People for the American Way
Painting and Ink Transfer
Keith Haring 1958-1990
American, Pennsylvania
Media: acrylic paint, vinyl panit, spray paint, chalk, magic marker
Untitled, 1988Acrylic on Canvas300cm x 340cm
Keith Haring
Monkey Puzzle, 1988acrylic on canvas120 inch diameter 304.8 centimeter diameter
Keith Haring
Untitled, 1982Enamel and dayglo on metal72 x 1 1/2 x 90 1/2 inches
Keith Haring
Keith Haring
Pisa Mural, 1989
This mural is painted on the exterior wall of the Church of Sant'Antonio. It was executed at the request of the City of Pisa and still exists.
Keith Haring
Keith Haring
Installation, 1982
Shafrazi Gallery
Keith Haring
Keith Haring
Poster
Free South Africa, 1985
Keith Haring
20 drawings, 1989Gouche and ink on paper25x30 inches
Keith Haring
Silence = Death, 1989acrylic on canvas40 x 40 inches 101.6 x 101.6 cm
Keith Haring
Keith Haring
Untitled, 1990
Paint on BMW
Why did the Pop Art Movement Happen and What’s the Point of
it?• Pop Art made commentary on contemporary society and culture,
particularly consumerism, by using popular images and icons and incorporating and re-defining them in the art world.
• Often subjects were derived from advertising and product packaging, celebrities, and comic strips.
• The images are presented with a combination of humor, criticism and irony. In doing this, the movement put art into terms of everyday, contemporary life.
• It also helped to decrease the gap between "high art" and "low art" and eliminated the distinction between fine art and commercial art methods.