POP ART

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WHAT IS POP ART?

• An art movement 1955-1970 (ish)

• References subject matter from POP

CULTURE

• Art was no longer a high class commodity,

it was designed for mass viewing, subjects

were recognizable objects / images

Andy Warhol

Marylyn Diptych

1962Print

Claes Oldenburg

Dropped Ice Cream

2001 Sculpture

FEATURES OF POP ART

• Mass produced / industrialized

• Pop culture & icons

– Celebrities & brands

• Glamourized commonplace objects & people &

actions

– Soup cans

– Using the telephone

• Featured

– Advertising & Comic Books

– Bold & Basic Color Pallets

– Simplistic Designs

Andy Warhol

Campbells Soup

1968 Print

Roy Lichtenstein

Oh Alright

1964 Painting

Andy Warhol

Triple Elvis

1963 Print

TIME PERIOD• 1955-1970

• Post WWII

– (lots of war references)

• After Abstract Impressionism

– Subject was unclear / ambiguous

• American economy is booming

– Manufacturing

• Mass Production

– Media Industry

• Celebrities

• Pop Icons

– Commercial Advertisements

• Household Items

Robert Rauchenburg

Signs

1970 Collage

Thomas K. Wessleman

Still Life 35

1963 Oil & Collage on Panels

Roy Lichtenstein

Live Ammo (Blang)

1962 Oil & Manga on Canvas

ROY LICHTENSTEIN

• 10/27/23-9/29/97 American Artist

– (Painter, Sculptor, & Lithographer)

• A highly criticized New York based artist

known for his bold yet basic comic book style

of art

• Features of his artwork

– Comic book style

– Primary color scheme

– Ben-day dots (small repetitive dots of color

used in printing)

Roy Lichtenstein Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jowA-pH-Y8

DROWNING GIRL 1963

• Museum of Modern Art (MOMA),

NY

• Oil & synthetic polymer paint

• “Masterpiece of Melodrama”

• Thick outline

• Bold Colors

• Ben-day dots

WHAAM! 1963

• Tate Museum, London

• Acrylic & oil paint

• Feature war machine

• Sense of action

• Thick outlines

• Bold colors (primary)

• Ben-day dots & repetitive lines

LOOK MICKEY 1961

• National Gallery of Art,

Washington DC

• Oil painting

• Cartoon style

• Features pop icons

• Bright bold blocks of colors

(primary)

BEN DAY DOTS

• Printing process named after illustrator &

printer Benjamin Day

• Small colored dots are placed an even distance

– Close Dots = More Color

• Inexpensive way to show tints / shades &

create secondary colors

• Made by putting a stencil with holes over the

page & painting / inking over it

• A hallmark of Lichtenstein's art

– Exaggerates & enlarges them

ONOMATOPOEIAS • Action Words!... Think of one!

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• Write it large & in caps & outline it

• Add explosion / cloud shapes behind

it

• Fill the negative space using primary

colors, use ben-day dots & lines

POP ARTIST RESEARCH PROJECT• Possible pop artist

– Andy Warhol

– Claes Oldenburg

– Jasper Johns

– Keith Haring

– Robert Rauschenberg

– James Rosenquist

– Richard Hamilton

– Thomas K. Wesslemann

– Edouardo Paolozzi

• You must research a pop artist & create a

display about the artist & their artwork

• Research:

– Name & date of birth/death & photo of

artist

– Significant features of artist / artwork

• What color pallet did they use?

• What kinds of images / art did they make?

• Why were they significant/ what are thy

known for?

• How would you describe their style?

– 3 Artworks (image, title, date)

• What is special or significant about this

work?

• What does it feature?

ARTIST PRESENTATION

• Each person / group will present their artist display

• Audience members will write down 3 things you learned, thought was interesting, or was

significant about the art / artist

• Once everyone has presented, as a group answer the following about your thought about the

art / artists presented:

– What were some of the common features?

– What was popular among pop artist?

– What influences / references do you see?

LICHTENSTEIN INSPIRED POP ART PROJECT

• Brainstorm objects, people, actions, styles, ideas, etc. that are popular now!

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LICHTENSTEIN INSPIRED POP ART PROJECT• Use & combine ideas you

brainstormed to create 2

sketches of possible final art

project related to current

pop culture (show color

pallet on sketch you plan to

use)

• Begin drawing your final draft

• Remember to use the

Lichtenstein comic book

style, bold lines, basic color

pallet, & ben-day dots