POP ARTCaitlin Blakely

KEITH HARING

POP ART

POP ART

THE AUTHOR

REFERENCES

ANDY

WARHOL

ROY LICHTENSTEIN

CLAES OLDENBURG

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WHAT IS POP ART? Pop Art was a visual art

movement that emerged in the 1950s in Britain and the United States (Moffat, 2007).

It was one of the biggest art movements of the twentieth century and is characterized by themes and techniques drawn from popular mass culture, such as television, movies, advertising and comic books (Moffat, 2007).

Andy Warhol is considered the “Father of Pop Art”

(Click on the image to watch a video about Pop Art)

ANDY WARHOLAfter a career as a

commercial illustrator, Warhol became famous worldwide for his avant-garde Pop Art paintings and screen printings.

Warhol used images from tabloids and movie posters to talk about America’s celebrity culture. He used hard-edged shapes of solid color to simplify a photograph. He would mass produce these images for popular culture (Moffat, 2007).

To check out Warhol’s museum click on his photo

MASS PRODUCTION…

"Grévy's Zebra" (1983)

Self Portrait, 1964

WARHOL’S LOVE FOR CELEBRITIES

Marilyn, 1967

Repetition

CAMPBELL'S SOUP I: TOMATO, 1968

Pattern

CLAES OLDENBURG

Pop artists also liked to satirize objects, sometimes enlarging those objects to gigantic proportions. Oldenburg was famous for creating large scale everyday objects (Moffat,2007).

Food was a common theme, but so were household objects such as chairs and toilets being made of squishy plastic instead of the materials you would normally expect (Moffat, 2007).

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Clothespin, 1976

Saw, Sawing, 1996

Spoonbridge and Cherry, 1988

Corridor Pin Blue , 1999

Floor Burger, 1971

Apple Core, 1990

Dropped Cone, 2001

KEITH HARING

Haring's bold lines and active figures carry strong messages of vitality and unity. His legacy made an impact on late 20th century art and grants us all a vision for the future.

Haring opened the Pop Shop, a retail store in Soho selling T-shirts, toys, posters, buttons and magnets bearing his images.

Click on Keith Haring to visit his website

Influences from Andy

Warhol

Do you think Pop Artist’s made are just for money?

SUBWAY DRAWINGS…

THE RADIANT BABY

Haring was known for his

cartoons

Click on the people for Haring’s flip book

HARING’S ART WAS ON LESS TRADITIONAL

MATERIALS FOUND IN OUR POPULAR CULTURE

ROY LICHTENSTEIN

Pop Art coincided with the youth and pop music phenomenon of the 1950s and 1960s, frequently appearing in advertisements for musical bands and on record covers, becoming very fashionable. Afterwards Pop Art came in a number of waves, but all its adherents shared some interest in the urban, consumer, modern experience (Moffat, 2007).

Click on Roy Lichtenstein to visit his website

Whaam, 1963

Drowning Girl, 1963

Hopeless, 1963

In the car, 1963

REFERENCESClaes oldenburg. Retrieved from http://www.oldenburgvanbruggen.com

Lichtenstein foundation. Retrieved fromhttp://www.lichtensteinfoundation.org/

Moffat, C. (2007, November). Pop art. Retrieved from http://www.arthistoryarchive.com/arthistory/popart/

Haring's natal chart. (2004, September 14). Retrieved from http://www.astro.com/astro-databank/Haring,_Keith

Powazek., D. (2009). Keith haring. Retrieved from http://www.haring.com/about_haring/bio/index.html

Warhol museum. Retrieved from http://www.warhol.org/