A Lesson in the American Artistic Movement; By AjaAlim-YoungPop Art

Pop Art n. A form of art that depicts objects or scenes from everyday life and employs techniques of commercial art and popular illustration.pop-art (pŏp'ärt')Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

When+ Where A visual art movement that emerged in the 1950s and was popular in the 1960s in the United States. Characterized by themes and techniques drawn from popular mass culture, such as television, movies, advertising and comic books. Food was a common theme, but so were household objects. Pop artists liked to satirize or ridicule objects, sometimes enlarging those objects to gigantic proportions . These objects reflected mass culture and consumerism.The movement was marked by clear lines, sharp paintwork and clear representations of symbols, objects and people commonly found in popular culture. WhatHow

WhoAndy WarholRoy LichtensteinClaes OldenburgRobert RauschenbergTom Wesselmann

Andy Warhol“Campbell’s Soup”1968Andy Warhol“Sixteen Jackies”1964

Roy Lichtenstein“Whaam!”1963Roy Lichtenstein“Hopeless”1963

Roy Lichtenstein“Brush Stroke”1996, enlarged and fabricated 2002-03

Tom Wesselmann“Still Life #24”1962Tom Wesselmann "Smoker number 1 (Mouth number 12)" 1967

Robert Raushchenberg“Signs”1970

Claes Oldenburg“Spoonbridge and Cherry”1985-1988Claes Oldenburg“Dropped Cone”2001

Summary of Major Themes in Pop Art Subjects are often easily recognizable and reflect popular items, people or ideas from American Culture: Food Brand Names and products Iconic FiguresCommon, everyday household items Current events Stylistically pop art can be defined as: Simple, crisp linesOversized images or objectsOften reflects and copies the styles seen in the mediaCollages of popular imagesBright Colors Some work re-creates the same subject in several pieces or within the same piece

2D Pop Art AssignmentObjective: Create a portrait or still life using techniques and themes inspired from pop art: Clean, sharp linesBright Colors Close-up and oversized subjectsProducts or iconic figuresThought BubblesCollages: different images of same subject or same image repeatedEasily recognizable subjectsMaterials:Tracing PaperAcrylic PaintCanvas PaperInk pen8” x 10” photo from magazine or own photo

Works Cited:Slide 2 - Definition of Pop Art: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Pop ArtSlide 3- Information About Pop Art History: http://www.arthistoryarchive.com/arthistory/popart/Slide 4- Photo of Andy Warhol: http://www.poolparty.com/quotes/images/2007/09/24/andy_warhol.jpgPhoto of Roy Lichtenstein: http://media.photobucket.com/image/Roy%20Lichtenstein%20portrait/tomasu tpen/album4/lichtenstein.jpgPhoto of Claes Oldenburg: http://s3.amazonaws.com/com.artwelove.asset/5f19ce303a0be2aa6ab3395d7dabbf f4-l.jpgPhoto of Tom Wesselmann: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KZujt_O1vU/SdybvAXCCPI/AAAAAAAAAGM/1Q2ih3zGuk g/s400/Tom_Wesselmann.jpgSlide 5- Andy Warhol Campbell Soup Painting: http://yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au/~mplog/Art/Warhol_campbells%20soup.jpg Andy Warhol Jackie Painting: http://annespeelman.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/andywarhol-jackie-kennedy- 1964.jpg

Works CitedSlide 6- Roy Lichtenstein Girl Painting: http://baroqueinhackney.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/roy_lichtenstein_gallery _4.jpgRoy Lichtenstein Whaam Painting: http://simplyartonline.net/M-0137v3wham.jpgSlide 7- Photos of Roy Lichtenstein Sculpture: photo by AjaAlim-Young 2009, In front of Modern Art Museum in Washington D.C.Slide 8- Tom Wesselmann Mouth Piece: http://www.findagrave.com/photos/2004/356/10164756_110373764570.jpgTom Wesselmann Still life: http://media.photobucket.com/image/tom%20wesselmann/Death2Perky/24- l.jpgSlide 9- Robert Raushchenberg Painting: http://www.museumofthegulfcoast.org/images/rausch.jpg Slide 10- Spoon and cherry Sculpture: http://www.oldenburgvanbruggen.com/largescaleprojects/spoonbridge.htmIce Cream Cone Sculpture: http://www.oldenburgvanbruggen.com/largescaleprojects/droppedcone.htmSlide 11- Summary of key ideas by AjaAlim-Young, referred by http://www.arthistoryarchive.com/arthistory/popart/Slide12- Line Art Examples: http://www.staceytownsend.com/turnmeintopopart/images/home_quadimage.png http://www.melissaclifton.com/image158.html2D Pop Art Assignment: Created by AjaAlim-Young