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.