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POP ARTNicole Sturgeon

And Taylor Rieckhoff

Andy Warhol, Marilyn Monroe, 1967

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BACKGROUND INFORMATION

• Emerged in 1950s• Spread throughout the world• Challenged “Fine Art”

Drowning Girl by Roy Lichtenstein, 1963

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United States Late 1950s Inspired by popular

culture Linked to wealth

and prosperity

Blam, Roy Lichtenstein, 1962

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Throughout the World Britain’s inspiration

was American culture

Spain associated with “New Figurative”

Japanese enthused by anime

Came to Italy in 1964

Kaikaikik News by Takashi Murakami

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Movement’s Impact Reaction to

Abstract Expressionism

Eroded “high art” and “low art”

People understood art better

Marilyn Monroe, 1967

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Independent Group All kinds of artists First meeting in

1952 Challenged

modernists

I was a Rich Man’s Plaything, Eduardo Paolozzi, 1947

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Key Characteristics Recognizable

Imagery Popular Media and

Products Bright Colors Flat Imagery Celebrities or

Fictional Characters

Cola Billboard, John Clem Clarke

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MAIN ARTISTS

• Andy Warhol• Roy Lichtenstein• Richard Hamilton• Claes Oldenburg• Jasper Johns• Robert Rauschenberg

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Andy Warhol First to use silk

screening Focused on paintings

of disasters Also painted things

he loved “If you want to know all

about me, just look at the surface of my paintings and me, and there I am. There’s nothing behind it.”

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Eight Elvises, 1963

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Campbell’s, 1962

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Roy Lichtenstein His style was focused

on comic strips He altered images Used Ben Day Dots Created sculptures,

portraits, and still lifeworks

Inspired by surrealism, cubism, and German expressionism

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Whaam!, 1963

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Look Mickey, 1961

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Robert Rauschenberg Didn’t explain art His art pieces were

influenced by his mom

Some series were named colors

Key figure in the transition

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Riding Bikes, 1998

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Untitled (From Combine Series), 1963

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Claes Oldenburg Famous for his

sculptures His first wife helped

him with his art Sculptures are out

of everyday experiences

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Leaning Fork with Meatball and Spaghetti, 1994

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Spoonbridge and Cherry, 1985-1988